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You want to see the three biggest german passanger liners ever built? Well, here you go. Enjoy the "Imperator", "Vaterland" and the "Bismarck"!
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| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire | |
| Name: | SS Imperator |
| Owner: | Hamburg - Amerika Linie |
| Port of registry: | Hamburg |
| Builder: | |
| Laid down: | 1907 |
| Launched: | 23 May 1912 |
| Christened: | 24 May 1913 |
| Completed: | June 1913 at Hamburg, Germany |
| Maiden voyage: | 11 June 1913, Cuxhaven to New York Via Southampton |
| Fate: | Used as a troop transport for the United States at the end of World War I. The USS Imperator aided along with her younger, larger sister ship Vaterland now the United States Ship Leviathan. The ships ferried troops back to the States from Brest, France. After the war, Imperator was to be purchased and handed over to the Cunard Line, and renamed as RMS Berengaria. |
 United States | |
| Name: | USS Imperator |
| Acquired: | by the Navy 5 May 1919 at Brest, France |
| Commissioned: | 5 May 1919 USS Imperator at Brest, France |
| Decommissioned: | 24 November 1919 at New York City |
| Identification: | ID-4080 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Cunard Line and renamed Berengaria |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | RMS Imperator/Berengaria |
| Owner: |
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| Route: | Southampton to New York via Cherbourg. |
| Acquired: | 1919 |
| Homeport: | Liverpool, UK |
| Fate: | Scrapped between 1939–1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Imperator-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 52,117 GRT |
| Displacement: | 53,000 GRT |
| Length: | 906 ft (276 m) |
| Beam: | 98 ft 3 in (29.95 m) |
| Draught: | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Decks: | 11 |
| Installed power: | Steam generated at 265 psi by 46 watertube boilers of Vulcan Yarrow design, originally coal burning, later converted to oil fired in 1921. |
| Propulsion: | 4 steam turbines AEG-Vulcan / Parsons direct drive on four shafts, total of 60,000 shp (45,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) max |
| Capacity: |
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| Crew: | 1,180 |
| History | |
|---|---|
| German Empire | |
| Name: | Vaterland |
| Owner: | HAPAG Line |
| Port of registry: | Germany 1911–1917 |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss at Hamburg, Germany |
| Launched: | 3 April 1913 |
| Maiden voyage: | 14 May 1914 |
| In service: | 14 May 1914 – July 1914 |
| Out of service: | July 1914 to 6 April 1917 |
| Fate: | Seized by the United States to be used in the US Navy. |
| United States | |
| Name: | USS Leviathan |
| Owner: | United States |
| Acquired: | 6 April 1917 |
| Commissioned: | July 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 October 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold into civilian service |
| Notes: | Used as a troop ship during World War I |
| United States | |
| Name: | SS Leviathan |
| Owner: | United States Lines |
| Port of registry: | New York |
| Acquired: | 29 October 1919 |
| In service: | June 1923 to 1933, some service in 1934 |
| Out of service: | 1933 to 1937 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping and broken up 6 June 1938 at Rosyth |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Imperator-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 54,282 gross tons |
| Length: | 950 ft (289.6 m) |
| Beam: | 100 ft 4 in (30.6 m) |
| Draft: | 37 ft 9 in (11,51 m) |
| Speed: | 26 knots (30 mph) |
| Capacity: |
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| Germany | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Bismarck |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss |
| Laid down: | 1913 |
| Launched: | 20 June 1914 |
| Fate: | Awarded to Great Britain in 1920 as reparation for the sinking of HMHS Britannic |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | RMS Majestic |
| Namesake: | SS Majestic |
| Operator: |
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| Maiden voyage: | 12 May 1922 |
| Renamed: | HMS Caledonia (23 April 1937) |
| Fate: | Caught fire and sank on 29 September 1939 and scrapped 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Imperator-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 56,551 gross tons |
| Length: | 956.0 ft (291.4 m) |
| Beam: | 100.1 ft (30.5 m) |
| Draft: | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Installed power: |
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| Propulsion: | 4 Parsons steam turbines, 4 screws |
| Speed: | 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph) 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) (maximum) |
| Capacity: |
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| Progress | 100% complete |
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