SS Blücher
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | Blücher |
| Namesake | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher |
| Owner | Hamburg America Line |
| Route |
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| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Launched | 23 November 1901 |
| Maiden voyage | 7 June 1902 |
| Fate |
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| Brazil | |
| Name | Leopoldina |
| Acquired | By seizure, 1 June 1917 |
| Fate | Sold to France, 27 February 1918 |
| France | |
| Name | Suffren |
| Namesake | Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez |
| Owner | Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| Route | Havre - New York |
| Acquired |
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| Out of service | September 1928 |
| Refit | December 1920 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Genoa, 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Barbarossa-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 12,334 GRT |
| Length | 525 ft 6 in (160.17 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft 3 in (18.97 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity |
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SS Blücher was a Barbarossa-class ocean liner built by Blohm & Voss Shipbuilders, Hamburg, Germany, in 1902 for the Hamburg America Line, to sail under German flag. She measured 12,334 gross register tons and was 550 (bp) feet long by 62 feet wide. Steam quadruple-expansion engines powered twin screws. Her service speed was 16 knots. She originally carried 2,102 passengers, including 333 first class, 169 second class, and 1,600 third class, on four decks with a steel hull, and was served by a crew of 252. She was fitted with two masts and two funnels. She saw Hamburg-New York and Hamburg-South America service.
She was the sister ship to the SS Moltke.