SS Main
From Our Contribution
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 Bremen left, and Main right burn at their docks on 30 Jun 1900. Over 300 lives lost, and several piers were destroyed along with shipping. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Main |
| Owner | North German Lloyd. |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Launched | 10 Feb 1900 |
| Completed | 22 Apr 1900 |
| In service | 1900 |
| Out of service | 1921 |
| Fate | scrapped 1925 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean Liner |
| Tonnage | 10,058 tons |
| Length | 158.50 m (520 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 17.70 m (58 ft 1 in) |
| Depth | draft 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
| Capacity | 139 x 1st, 125 x 2nd, 2,500 steerage |
Remarks
Almost destroyed in a fire in the US Hobken Docks on 30 Jun 1900 soon after her launch, she was refloated, refitted and entered service on 15 Oct 1901.
Worked the Bremen to US routes until 1914 with the last voyage of Main from Bremen to Baltimore in June 1914. Seized by the Allied forces in Antwerp, but in October she was returned to Germany. Following the war, on 21 May 1919 she was awarded to the British Shipping Controller, and used to repatriate troops. On 30 Jun 1921 she was transferred to the French Government and laid up prior to her being scrapped in 1925.
Soldiers carried
England to Fremantle 23 July - 27 September 1919
Sailed on 29 Jul 1919.