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SS Main
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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.