Norddeutscher Lloyd - Fleets

Fleets

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This is a list of all ships in service of the NDL. Some of the ships were owned previously by other companies.

Year Name Tonnage Shipyard Fate/Status
1858 Bremen (I) 2,674 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1874 sold to E.Bates, Liverpool converted to sail.
1858 New York 2,674 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1874 sold to E.Bates, Liverpool, converted to sail; wrecked off Staten Island and sank in 1891
1858 Hudson 2,266 GRT Palmer Bros. & Co. Ltd., Yarrow 1858 burned out at Bremen, rebuilt and in 1863 became Louisiana for National Line
1858 Weser (I) 2,266 GRT Palmer Bros. & Co. Ltd., Yarrow 1859 sold to French Navy
1861 Hansa (I) 2,992 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1879 1879 sold to shipbuilders in part exchange for Hansa (II)
1863 America (I) 2,752 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1894 sold to Italy, renamed Orazio
1865 Hermann 2,713 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1893 sold to shipbuilder in part exchange for H.H. Meier
1866 Deutschland 2,947 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd. 1875 wrecked in Thames Estuary; loss of 57 lives
1867 Union 2,880 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1870 wrecked on Rattray Head, Aberdeen; no loss of life
1867 Weser (II) 2,823 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1896 scrapped
1868 Rhein (I) 2,901 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1891 sold to Gray, Liverpool
1868 Main (I) 2,899 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1891 sold to Anglo-American SS Co.
1869 Donau (I) 2,896 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1889 sold to H. Bischoff, Bremen
1868 Baltimore 2,316 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1894 scrapped
1868 Berlin (I) 2,334 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1894 sold to Italy, renamed M. Bruzzo
1869 Ohio 2,393 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1894 sold to shipbuilder in part exchange for new ships, resold to Italy renamed Amazzone.
1869 Leipzig (I) 2,384 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1894 sold to Hamburg owners.
1869 Frankfurt (I) 2,582 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1894 sold to shipbuilder in part exchange for new ships.
1869 Hanover (I) 2,571 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1894 scrapped
1870 Cologne (I) 2,556 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1895 sold to be scrapped
1870 Koln (I) 2,555 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1895 sold to be scrapped
1871 König Wilhelm I 2,400 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1873 stranded at Holland; no life lost.
1871 Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm 2,387 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1897 scrapped
1871 Graf Bismarck 2,393 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1898 scrapped
1872 Strasburg (I) 3,025 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1896 sold to be scrapped
1872 Mosel (I) 3,114 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1882 wrecked Cornwall; no life lost.
1873 Braunschweig 3,079 GRT R. Steele & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1896 scrapped
1873 Feldmarschall Moltke 3,060 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1875 sold to P&O and renamed Assam
1873 Minister Roon 3,066 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1875 sold to P&O and renamed Siam
1873 Hohenzollern (I) 3,092 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1899 sold to Hong Kong.
1874 Nürnberg (I) 3,116 GRT R. Steele & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1895 sold to F.Raben, Vegesack, scrapped.
1874 Hohenstaufen 3,090 GRT Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull 1897 sold to be scrapped
1874 Oder (I) 3,158 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1887 wrecked at Socotra Islands
1874 Neckar (I) 3,120 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1896 sold to be scrapped
1874 General Werder 3,020 GRT Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 1892 given for new building in payment
1875 Salier 3,083 GRT Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull 1896 wrecked on Spanish coast; loss of 279 lives.
1876 Habsburg 3,094 GRT Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull 1898 sold to be scrapped
1881 Elbe (I) 4,510 GRT John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1895 Sunk after collision in the English Channel (332 Death)
1882 Werra (I) 4,815 GRT John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1901 sold to be scrapped
1883 Fulda (I) 4,814 GRT John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1899 rebuilding abort after heavy damage and scrap
1884 Eider (I) 5,129 GRT John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1892 stranded at Isle of Wight, refloated and scrapped.
1884 Ems (I) 5,129 GRT John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow Sold to Elder Dempster Lines, renamed Lake Simcoe.
1886 Aller (I) 4,964 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1904 scrapped
1886 Trave (I) 4,996 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1908 sold to be scrapped
1886 Saale (I) 4,967 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1901 sold
1887 Lahn (I) 5,097 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1904 sold
1890 Spree (I) 6,963 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1899: Rebuilt and renamed to 7,840 GRT Kaiserin Maria Theresia. 1904 sold to Russian Navy, renamed Ural.
1891 Havel (I) 6,963 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1898 scrapped
1886 Preussen 4,577 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1909 sold to be scrapped
1887 Bayern 4,574 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1909 sold to be scrapped
1887 Sachsen 4,571 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1909 sold to be scrapped
1889 Kaiser Wilhelm II (I) 6,990 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1900: Rebuilt to 6,668 GRT, 1901: Renamed Hohenzollern (II), 1908: stranded at Sardinia, refloated and scrapped.
1888 Dresden (I) 4,802 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1903 renamed Helius, 1906 sold to Turkish Government and renamed BEZMI-I ALEM, 1914 sunk Black Sea
1889 München (I) 4,803 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1902 scrapped
1889 Karlsruhe (I) 5,347 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1908 sold to be scrapped
1889 Stuttgart (I) 5,349 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1908 sold to be scrapped
1890 Darmstadt 5,316 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1911 scrapped
1890 Gera (I) 5,319 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1909 scrapped
1891 Oldenburg 5,317 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1911 scrapped
1891 Weimar 5,316 GRT Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 1908 scrapped
1892 H. H. Meier 5,481 GRT Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Ltd., Newcastle 1901 scrapped
1893 Pfalz (I) 3,874 GRT Wigham Richardson & Co. Ltd., Newcastle 1904 sunk
1893 Mark (I) 3,936 GRT Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Ltd., Newcastle 1915 Sunk by Royal Navy off Tanga, Tanzania
1894 Prinzregent Luitpold 6,288 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1914 laid up in Messina / 1915 seized by Italy, renamed Pietro Calvi
1894 Prinz Heinrich 6,263 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1914 laid up in Lisbon / 1916 seized by Portugal, renamed Porto
1894 Wittekind 5,001 GRT Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg 1914 laid up in Boston / 1917 seized by United States Shipping Board, renamed Iroquois
1894 Willehad 5,003 GRT Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg 1914 laid up in Boston / 1917 seized by US Shipping Board, renamed Wyandotte
1896 Friedrich der Große 10,531 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1914 laid up in New York / 1917 seized by US Shipping Board, renamed Huron
1897 Coblenz (I) 3,169 GRT Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg Interned in Manila, August 1914

seized by U.S., 6 April 1917
1897 Barbarossa 10,769 GRT Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg 1914 laid up in New York / 1917 seized by US Shipping Board, renamed Mercury
1897 Königin Luise 10,566 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 to Orient Line, renamed Omar.
1897 Bremen (II) 10,522 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 to Byron Line, renamed Constantinople.
1899 König Albert 10,643 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1915 seized by Italy and was renamed Ferdinando Palasciano.
1900 Großer Kurfürst 13,183 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1914 1917 seized by USA renamed Aeolus.
1900 Prinzessin Irene 10,881 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1917 seized by USA renamed Pocahontas, 1922 re-purchased by NDL renamed Bremen (III), 1928 renamed Karlsruhe (II), 1932 scrapped.
1900 Princess Alice 10,911 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin ex-Kiautschou, 1904 purchased from Hamburg America Line and renamed Princess Alice, 1917 seized by USA, renamed Princess Matoika.
1897 Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 14,349 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1914 became German armed merchant cruiser, 1914 sunk by HMS Highflyer at Rio de Oro, Spanish Sahara.
1901 Kronprinz Wilhelm 14,908 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1914 became German commerce raider, 1915 interned in Newport News, Virginia, 1917 seized by USA, renamed Von Steuben.
1898 Kaiser Friedrich 12,481 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig Could not reach specified speed, 1899 chartered to HAPAG, 1900-1912 laid up, 1912 sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, Paris, renamed Burdigala.
1899 Rhein (II) 10,058 GRT Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg 1917 seized by USA, renamed Susquehanna
1900 Main (II) 10,067 GRT Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation
1901 Neckar (II) 9,835 GRT J. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde 1917 seized by USA, renamed Antigone
1899 Köln (II) 7,409 GRT J. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde 1917 seized by USA, renamed Amphion
1899 Hanover (II) 7,305 GRT Wigham Richardson & Co. Ltd., Newcastle 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 repurchased by NDL, rebuilt to 7438 tons, 1933 scrapped.
1900 Frankfurt (II) 7,431 GRT J. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1922 renamed Sarvistan.
1901 Cassel 7,543 GRT J. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde 1919 ceded to France as war reparation, renamed Marechal Gallieni
1901 Breslau 7,524 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1917 seized by USA, renamed Bridgeport
1902 Chemnitz (I) 7,542 GRT J. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation
1902 Brandenburg 7,532 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1919 ceded by Britain as war reparation, 1922 renamed Hecuba and transferred to Alfred Holt & Co. (Blue Funnel Line)
1900 Strassburg (II) 5,057 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1904 transferred to Hamburg America Line, renamed Slavonia.
1900 Würzburg 5,085 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1916 seized by Portugal, renamed Sao Vicente
1902 Schleswig 6,955 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1919 to France as war reparation, 1921 renamed General Duchesne, management was transferred to Messageries Maritimes
1902 Erlangen (I) 5,285 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1917 mined and sunk in North Sea; loss of 19 lives
1903 Kaiser Wilhelm II (II) 19,361 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1914 laid up in New York / 1917 seized by USA, renamed Agamemnon
1907 Kronprinzessin Cecilie 19,360 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1914 laid up in Boston / 1917 seized by USA, renamed Mount Vernon
1903 Zieten 8,066 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1916 seized by Portugal, renamed Tungue
1903 Roon 8,022 GRT J. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde 1919 ceded to Britain, 1921 to Greece, renamed Constantinoupolis
1903 Seydlitz 7,942 GRT F. Schichau, Stettin 1933 scrapped
1903 Gneisenau (I) 8,081 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1918 seized by Belgium, 1919 sold to Italy, 1921 renamed Citta di Genova
1904 Scharnhorst (I) 8,131 GRT J. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde 1919 seized by France, 1920 transferred to French Line, renamed La Bourdonnais
1906 Yorck 8,901 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1933 scrapped
1906 Bülow 9,028 GRT J. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde 1914 laid up in Lisbon / 1916 seized by Portugal, renamed Tras-os-Montes
1907 Kleist 8,950 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 to Japan, renamed Yoshino Maru
1907 Goeben 8,792 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1919 to France as war reparation, 1920 transferred to French Line and renamed Roussillon
1908 Derfflinger 9,060 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1914 seized by Britain, renamed Huntsgreen, 1923 repurchased by NDL, reverted to Derfflinger, 1932 scrapped
1908 Lützow 8,818 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1914 seized by Britain, renamed Huntsend, 1923 repurchased by NDL, reverted to Lutzow, 1933 scrapped
1904 Prinz Eitel Friedrich 8,865 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1914 became German commerce raider, 1915 interned in USA, 1917 seized by USA, renamed DeKalb
1906 Prinz Ludwig 9,630 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1920 transferred to Orient Line, renamed Orcades
1907 Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm 17,082 GRT J. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde 1920 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 transferred to Canadian Pacific Steamship Co., renamed Empress of China then Empress of India
1907 Gotha 6,653 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1933 scrapped
1908 Giessen 6,583 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 transferred to Ellerman Lines, renamed City of Harvard
1910 Coburg (I) 6,750 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1917 seized by Brazil, renamed Pocone
1910 Eisenach (I) 6,757 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1917 seized by Brazil, renamed Santarém
1909 George Washington 25,570 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1917 seized by USA
1909 Berlin (II) 17,324 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1920 transferred to White Star Line, renamed Arabic
1912 Sierra Nevada (I) 8,235 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1917 seized by Brazil, renamed Bage
1912 Sierra Ventana (I) 8,262 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1919 seized by France, management transferred to Cie. de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, renamed Alba.
1913 Sierra Córdoba (I) 8,226 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1917 seized by Peru, renamed Callao
1913 Sierra Salvada 8,227 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1917 seized by Brazil, renamed Avare
1913 Pfalz (II) 6,557 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1914 captured by Britain, renamed Boorara.
1914 Columbus (I) 33,526 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1920 transferred to White Star Line, renamed Homeric
1915 Zeppelin 14,167 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1920 ceded to Britain as war reparation, transferred to Orient Line, renamed Ormuz, 1927 repurchased by NDL, renamed Dresden (II), 1934 wrecked on Norwegian coast; loss of 4 lives
1922 Köln (III) 9,265 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1934 became cargo ship, 1940 wrecked on Swedish coast
1922 Crefeld (II) 9,573 GRT Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft 1934 became cargo ship, 1941 scuttled as blockship at Massawa
1922 Sierra Nevada (II) 8,736 GRT AG Vulcan, Stettin 1925 renamed Madrid, 1935 sold to Hamburg South America Line
1923 Sierra Ventana (II) 11,392 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1935 sold to Italian Line, renamed Sardegna
1924 Sierra Córdoba (II) 11,469 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1935 sold to Nazi Deutsche Arbeitsfront for Strength Through Joy cruising. 1945 captured by Britain, 1948 sank under tow
1924 Sierra Morena 11,430 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1935 sold to Nazi Deutsche Arbeitsfront for Strength Through Joy cruising, renamed Der Deutsche. 1946 became Russian-owned Asia
1922 Weser (III) 9,450 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1931 laid up, 1933 scrapped
1923 Werra (II) 9,475 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1935 sold to Italian Line, Genoa, renamed Calabria
1924 Saarbrücken 9,429 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1935 sold to Italian Line, renamed Toscana
1924 Coblenz (II) 9,449 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1935 sold to Italian Line, renamed Sicilia
1924 Trier (II) 9,415 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1936 wrecked off Spain, salvaged and sold to Turkey as submarine depot ship Erkin
1924 Fulda (II) 9,492 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1940 sold to Japan, renamed Teikoko Maru
1923 München (II) 13,325 GRT AG Vulkan, Stettin 1931 renamed General Von Steuben, 1938 renamed Steuben, 1945 torpedoed and sunk by Russian submarine in Baltic Sea; loss of over 2,700 lives.
1924 Stuttgart (II) 13,367 GRT AG Vulkan, Stettin 1938 sold to Nazi Deutsche Arbeitsfront for Strength Through Joy cruising. 1943 bombed and sunk at Gdynia
1924 Columbus (II) 32,354 GRT F. Schichau, Danzig 1939 scuttled in Atlantic Ocean to avoid capture by Royal Navy during World War II
1925 Berlin (III) 15,286 GRT Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack 1945 mined and sunk off Swinemunde, 1948 refloated, repaired, and renamed Admiral Nakhimov for USSR. 1986 sank in Black Sea after collision.
1927 Arucas 3,359 GRT Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft 1940 scuttled in North Atlantic to avoid capture by Royal Navy during World War II
1929 Bremen (IV) 51,656 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1940 accommodation ship at Bremerhaven, 1941 burnt out in Bremerhaven, 1946 scrapped
1930 Europa (II) 49,746 GRT Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg 1945 taken over by US Navy, renamed USS Europa, 1950 became French Line's SS Liberté
1935 Scharnhorst (II) 18,184 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1942 sold to Japan and converted to aircraft carrier Shinyo.
1935 Gneisenau (II) 18,160 GRT AG Weser, Bremen 1943 mined and put ashore on Lolland Island, later scrapped
1935 Potsdam 17,528 GRT Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg 1945 ceded for war reparations to Britain, 1946 became troopship Empire Fowey
1955 Berlin (IV) 18,600 GRT Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Newcastle ex-Gripsholm, acquired from Swedish American Line by Bremen Amerika Line, jointly operated by Swedish America and NDL. 1955 renamed Berlin (IV), 1959 fully owned by NDL, 1966 scrapped.
1959 Bremen (V) 32,336 GRT Chantiers et Ateliers de St. Nazaire ex-Pasteur, purchased from Cie. de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1959, renamed Bremen, 1970 owned by Hapag-Lloyd after the merger of NDL and HAPAG, 1972 sold to Chandris Lines, Piraeus, renamed Regina Magna, 1977 sold to Philippine Singapore Ports Corporation and renamed Saudiphil I as a floating hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1980 sold as Filipinas Saudi I to Philsimport International in Hong Kong, 1980 sunk in Indian Ocean while towing to Taiwanese ship breaker.
1965 Europa (IV) 21,514 GRT De Schelde N.V., Vlissingen ex-Kungsholm, purchased from Swedish America Line in 1965, renamed Europa, 1970 owned by Hapag-Lloyd after the merger of NDL and HAPAG, 1981 sold to Panama, renamed Columbus C.

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