SS Lima
The ship as Westerwald | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | 1908: Westerwald |
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| Builder | Furness, Withy, Middleton |
| Yard number | 306 |
| Launched | 22 October 1907 |
| Completed | July 1908 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | scrapped December 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger and cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 3,901 GRT, 2,390 NRT |
| Length | 352.1 ft (107.3 m) |
| Beam | 45.1 ft (13.7 m) |
| Depth | 26.0 ft (7.9 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 359 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Sensors & processing systems | by 1942: echo sounding device |
| Notes | sister ships: Spreewald, Frankenwald |
SS Lima was a passenger and cargo steamship that was launched in England in 1907 as Westerwald for Hamburg America Line (HAPAG)'s Caribbean services. Portugal seized her in 1916, renamed her Lima, and used her as a troopship. By 1926 the Empresa Insulana de Navegação (EIN) had bought her for its service to Madeira and the Azores. She was scrapped in Portugal in 1969.
She was the first of two HAPAG ships that were called Westerwald. The second was launched in 1921 and sunk in 1940. She was also the first of two EIN ships that were called Lima. The second was a Danish ship that was built in 1966, and which EIN bought and renamed Lima in 1972.