SS Abessinia (1900)
Abessinia under way | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany | |
| Name | Abessinia |
| Namesake | Abyssinia |
| Owner | Hamburg America Line |
| Port of registry | Hamburg |
| Route | 1907: Hamburg – Seattle |
| Builder | Palmers' S&I Co, Jarrow |
| Yard number | 746 |
| Launched | 16 June 1900 |
| Completed | August 1900 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | wrecked 3 September 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 7,717 GRT, 5,784 NRT |
| Length | 452.1 ft (137.8 m) |
| Beam | 52.2 ft (15.9 m) |
| Depth | 28.3 ft (8.6 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 642 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21 km/h) |
| Notes | sister ships: Acilia, Alexandria, Artemisia |
SS Abessinia was a cargo steamship of the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). She was built in North East England in 1900, and wrecked in North East England in 1921. In her early years she sailed from Hamburg to and from China, Australia, and the East Coast of the United States. From 1907 to 1912 she sailed from Hamburg to and from the West Coast of the United States and the British Columbia Coast. In 1913 she survived a storm in the North Atlantic that swept away her rudder and disabled her propulsion. She spent the First World War in Chile. Her remains are now a wreck diving site in the Farne Islands.
This was the first of two HAPAG steamships to be called Abessinia, the German for Abyssinia. The second was built in Germany in 1920, and sold and renamed in 1933.