SS Königin Luise (1896)
Königin Luise arriving in Fremantle, 1919 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| German Empire | |
| Name | Königin Luise |
| Namesake | Queen Louise of Prussia |
| Owner | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| Builder | |
| Yard number | 232 |
| Launched | 17 October 1896 |
| Fate | Handed to Great Britain as war reparations April 10, 1919 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Königin Luise |
| Owner | UK Shipping Controller |
| Operator | Orient Steam Navigation Company London |
| Acquired | 1919 |
| Renamed | 1921, Omar |
| Fate | Sold to Byron SS Co. London, July 1924 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Edison |
| Owner | Byron SS Co London |
| Operator | Byron SS Co London |
| Acquired | July 1924 |
| Fate | Scrapped in Italy 1935 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Barbarossa-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 11,103 GRT |
| Length | 523.1 ft (159.4 m) p/p 552 ft (168 m) o/a |
| Beam | 60.1 ft (18.3 m) |
| Depth | 34.9 ft (10.6 m) |
| Installed power | 846 NHP, 8,000 hp or 6,000 kW |
| Propulsion | two quadruple-expansion steam engines, twin screws |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 231 |
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SS Königin Luise ("Queen Louise") was a Barbarossa-class ocean liner built in 1896 by Vulcan Shipbuilding Corp. of Stettin, Germany, for the North German Lloyd line of Bremen. She served on the company's Australian, Far East, and North Atlantic routes for nearly two decades.
During World War I, Königin Luise was one of only two ships of her class to avoid being interned in neutral ports, spending the war in German ports. After the war, Königin Luise was allocated as war reparations to the United Kingdom, sold to the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1921 and renamed Omar. She was sold again in 1924 to the Byron SS Co of London and operated on the Piraeus – New York service until scrapped in 1935.