Barbarossa-class ocean liner
Ocean liner class of the German Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Barbarossa class was a class of ocean liners of North German Lloyd and the Hamburg America Line of the German Empire. Of the ten ships built between 1896 and 1902, six were built by AG Vulcan Stettin, three were built by Blohm & Voss, and one was built by Schichau-Werke; all were built in Germany. They averaged 11,000 gross register tons (GRT) and featured twin screw propellers driven by quadruple-expansion steam engines.
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SS Bremen in port in 1905 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Barbarossa class |
Builders |
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Operators | |
Built | 1896–1901 |
In service | 1896–1935 |
Completed | 10 |
Lost | 1 sunk in service |
Scrapped | 9 |
Preserved | None |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 10,525–12,335 GRT |
Length | 152.18–160.19 m (499 ft 3 in – 525 ft 7 in), LBP |
Beam | 18.29–18.99 m (60 ft 0 in – 62 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15–16 kn (28–30 km/h; 17–18 mph) |
Passengers: | 2,026–2,392, consisting of:
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Crew | 171–250, depending on season and ship |
Notes | two funnels, two masts |
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