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SS ''Königin Luise'' was a built in 1896 by Vulcan Shipbuilding Corp. of Stettin, Germany, for the North German Lloyd line of Bremen. In World War I, ''Königin Luise'' was one of only two ships of the class to avoid being interned in neutral ports, spending the war in German ports. After World War I ''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. ==''Königin Luise''== ''Königin Luise'' was built by AG Vulcan for the North German Lloyd (NDL) line and completed 17 March 1896. Along with her sister ships , and , the ''Königin Luise'' worked Australian, Far East, and North Atlantic routes for NDL. On Australian and Far East voyages she used the Suez Canal, and was one of the largest ships regularly using the canal. At the outbreak of World War I ''Königin Luise'' was in port in Germany, thus avoiding internment, and due to the Royal Navy blockade, she was laid up. Following the Armistice, she was allocated as war reparations to the UK, and was surrendered to the UK Shipping Controller on 10 April 1919. She was allocated to the Orient Steam Navigation Company. On 8 September 1920, during her first London – Australia voyage, she collided at Lisbon with the British steamship ''Loughborough'', which sank. On 20 October 1919, British troops embarked her (now described as HT ''Konigin Luise'') in India to travel to England. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Königin Luise (1896)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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