SS Bremen (1896)

History
German Empire
Name	Bremen
Namesake	Bremen
Owner	North German Lloyd
Port of registry	Bremen
Builder	F. Schichau, Danzig, Germany
Yard number	583
Launched	14 November 1896
Fate	Handed to Great Britain as war reparations 4 April 1919
United Kingdom
Name	Bremen
Owner	British Shipping Controller 1919,; Byron SN Co., London 1921;
Operator	P&O line 1919,; Byron SN Co., London 1921;
Acquired	1919
Renamed	Constantinople 1921,; King Alexander 1924;
Fate	Broken up Italy 1929
General characteristics
Class & type	Barbarossa-class ocean liner
Tonnage	10,525 GRT
Length	550 ft (170 m)
Beam	60.2 ft (18.3 m)
Draft	34 ft (10 m)
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion steam engines, 8,000 hp (6,000 kW); twin screw propellers;
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Capacity	230 First Class; 250 Second CLass; 1,850 steerage
Complement	250

SS Bremen, later renamed Constantinople and then King Alexander, was a German Barbarossa-class ocean liner that entered service in 1897 with Norddeutscher Lloyd.

History

German Empire
Name	Bremen
Namesake	Bremen
Owner	North German Lloyd
Port of registry	Bremen
Builder	F. Schichau, Danzig, Germany
Yard number	583
Launched	14 November 1896
Fate	Handed to Great Britain as war reparations 4 April 1919
United Kingdom
Name	Bremen
Owner	British Shipping Controller 1919, Byron SN Co., London 1921
Operator	P&O line 1919, Byron SN Co., London 1921
Acquired	1919
Renamed	Constantinople 1921, King Alexander 1924
Fate	Broken up Italy 1929
General characteristics
Class & type	Barbarossa-class ocean liner
Tonnage	10,525 GRT
Length	550 ft (170 m)
Beam	60.2 ft (18.3 m)
Draft	34 ft (10 m)
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion steam engines, 8,000 hp (6,000 kW) twin screw propellers
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Capacity	230 First Class; 250 Second CLass; 1,850 steerage
Complement	250