Great Passenger Ships of the World 1913-1923

Front Cover and Spine, Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume 2: 1913-1923 by Arnold Kludas, 1976. The Deutschland (1923), from a painting by Willy Stöwer Appears on the Cover. Translation of the German "Die Grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt" by Charles Hodges. GGA Image ID # 204386e2ef

Summary

The period 1913-1923 is dealt with in this second volume. Although it was only a decade, it was one of the most turbulent passenger ships in history. Competition to produce ever-larger vessels declined between leading North Atlantic shipping companies. For 20 years, the ships of the Imperator Class were the largest in the world.

The First World War had a devastating effect on the passenger ship industry. Many ships, including the Britannic and Statendam, intended as flagships of the British and Dutch merchant fleets, were sunk before ever embarking on passenger voyages.

With the reconstruction of passenger services at the war's end, other nations, such as Italy, entered the scene. At the same time, Germany, hitherto at the forefront, played a temporarily minor role.

From the Publisher

The five volumes in this outstanding series aim to present, for the first time in international maritime literature, a work covering all passenger ships to date of over 10,000 gross registered tons, with relevant technical and historical data, including photographs of the vessels.

Each vessel covered in this volume is described in detail: its builder, technical data, and accommodation, together with a brief history of its period in service, are given, fully supported by copious photographs.

Arnold Kludas, formerly a technical engineer in a significant Hamburg shipyard, has written numerous articles on maritime subjects and compiled fleet lists for some well-known shipping companies.

He has also worked in an advisory capacity for a German publishing firm specializing in maritime and nautical books. Now living in Hamburg, he has been heralded as a leading expert in his field with the original German publication of Great Passenger Ships of the World and, as The Nautical Magazine said when reviewing the first English-language volume in this series, he has produced one of the most important nautical histories to have recently appeared.

Contents

• The Imperator-Class
• Alsatian and Calgarian
• The A-Class of Cunard Line
• Express Steamers of the Cie Sudatlantique
• Nippon Yusen Liners for the European Service
• The Aquitania
• Gelria and Tubantia
• Frederik VIII
• Cap Trafalgar and Cap Polonio
• Union-Castle East Africa Liners
• PSNC Liners
• Patria and Providence
• The Columbus-Class of North German Lloyd
• The Tirpitz-Class of the Hamburg-America Line
• British Emigrant Carriers
• Porthos, Sphinx and Athos
• Aberdeen Liner Euripides
• Transylvania and Tuscania
• Two Newly-built Ships for CGT
• The Zeppelin
• Missanabie and Metagama
• P & O Liners
• Statendam and Belgenland
• Nederland Liners
• Italian Passenger Ships
• The Aotearoa
• Duilio and Giulio Cesare
• The Ormonde
• Regina and Pittsburgh
• Melita and Minnedosa
• The Stavangerfjord
• Atlantic Transport Liner Minnekahda
• Lloyd Sabaudo Liners
• Bibby Liner Yorkshire
• The US Shipping Board 535 ft-Class
• Four-funneled Liners of Union Castle
• Anchor Liners
• The US Shipping Board 502 ft-Class
• The Scythia-Class of Cunard Line
• The Ohio ex München
• Canadian Pacific Liners
• The New B-Class of P & O
• Trasatlántica Liners
• Six Purpose-built French Ships
• Blue Funnel Liners
• Vandyck and Voltaire
• Cunard A-Liners
• The Bay-Ships
• The FI-Class of Nippon Yusen KK
• Ellerman Liners
• Sophocles and Diogenes
• M-Ships of P&O
• Antonio Delfino and Cap Norte
• Athenia and Letitia
• Dutch Passenger Ships
• White Star Liner Doric
• Thuringia and Westphalia
• CGT Liners Cuba and De Grasse
• München and Stuttgart
• Stinnes Liner General Belgrano
• The Ballin-Class
• Minnewaska and Minnetonka
• The Sierra-Class of North German Lloyd
• Talma and Tilawa
• Rotterdam Lloyd Liners
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• Index of Ships' Names

Previously Published

• Volume 1 1858-1912
• In preparation Volume 3 1924 - 1935
• Volume 4 1936 - 1948
• Volume 5 1949 to the present

Back Cover, Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume 2: 1913-1923 by Arnold Kludas, 1976. Ships Illustrated Include the Hamburg-America Line Imperator subsequently the Cunard Liner Berengaria (top) and the Sibajak. GGA Image ID #

▓▓▓ "A" ▓▓▓

1. Acapulco
2. Achilles
3. Admiral Hipper
4. Admiral Scheer
5. Admiral von Tirpitz
6. Akaroa
7. Alaunia 1913 and 1925
8. Albania
9. Albert Ballin
10. Albertic
11. Alfonso XIII
12. Alkaid
13. Alphard
14. Alsatian
15. American Legion
16. Ammerland
17. Amroth Castle
18. Andania 1913 and 1921
19. Annamite
20. Antares
21. Antenor
22. Antigone
23. Antonia
24. Antonio Delfino
25. Aotearoa
26. Aquitania
27. Aramis
28. Arawa
29. Argus
30. Armin W. Leuschner
31. Artifex
32. Arundel Castle
33. Ascania
34. Asia
35. Assuncion
36. Athenia
37. Athinai
38. Athos
39. Aurania 1917 and 1924
40. Ausonia 1915 and 1921
41. Avenger

▓▓▓ "B" ▓▓▓

1. Bahia Castillo
2. Balao
3. Ballarat
4. Balranald
5. Baradine
6. Barrabool
7. Bay State
8. Belfast
9. Belgenland
10. Belgic
11. Bendigo
12. Berengaria
13. Berrien
14. Bertice
15. Bianca C.
16. Bismarck
17. Blenheim
18. Blue Hen State
19. Bonefish
20. Brabantia
21. La Bretagne
22. Buckeye State

▓▓▓ "C" ▓▓▓

1. C.M. Schwab
2. Cabo de Buena Esperanza
3. Cabo de Hornos
4. Calchas
5. Caledonia
6. Calgarian
7. Calgaric
8. California 1920 and 1923
9. Cameronia
10. Cap Norte
11. Cap Polonio
12. Cap Trafalgar
13. Capellini
14. Captain Cook
15. Carinthia
16. Carmania
17. Centennial State
18. Chantilly
19. Chenonceaux
20. City of Nagpur
21. City of Paris
22. Colombo
23. Columbia
24. Columbus 1913 and 1922
25. Compiègne
26. Conte Rosso 1917 and 1921
27. Conte Verde
28. Courageous
29. Creole State
30. Cristóbal Colón
31. Cuba

▓▓▓ "D" ▓▓▓

1. De Grasse
2. Der Deutsche
3. Deutschland
4. Diamond
5. Diogenes
6. Diomed
7. Doric
8. Dresden
9. Duilio
10. Dumont d'Urville

▓▓▓ "E" ▓▓▓

1. Eber
2. Eleonore Woermann
3. Emily H. M. Weder
4. Emperor of India
5. Empire Brent
6. Empire Clyde
7. Empire Deben
8. Empire Halladale
9. Empire State
10. Empire Trooper
11. Empress of Australia 1913 and 1924
12. Empress of Canada
13. Empress of China
14. Empress of France
15. Esperance Bay 1921
16. Esperance Bay 1921/36
17. Esperia
18. Euripides
19. Europa 1922 and 1928

▓▓▓ "F" ▓▓▓

1. Finback
2. Flandria
3. Flier
4. Fontainebleau
5. Forfar
6. Formigny
7. Franconia
8. Frederik VIII
9. Fushimi Maru

▓▓▓ "G" ▓▓▓

1. Galicia
2. Gallia
3. Geele Zee
4. Gelria
5. General Artigas
6. General Belgrano
7. General Osorio
8. General San Martin 1913
9. General San Martin 1922
10. General von Steuben
11. Gergovia 20 Gerolstein
12. Giulio Cesare
13. Gloire
14. Golden State
15. Gradisca
16. Granite State
17. Groix

▓▓▓ "H" ▓▓▓

1. Habana
2. Hakone Maru
3. Hakozaki Mam
4. Hakusan Maru
5. Hamburg
6. Hansa
7. Harris
8. Haruna Maru
9. Havelland
10. Hawkeye State
11. Hector
12. Henry T. Allen
13. Hindenburg
14. Hobsons Bay
15. Homeric
16. Hoosier State
17. Hororata
18. Howard McCurdy
19. Hugh L. Scott
20. Hunter Ligget
21. Husimi Maru
22. Hyperion

▓▓▓ "I" ▓▓▓

1. Ile de Cuba
2. Imperator
3. Indrapoera
4. Iris
5. Isis

▓▓▓ "J" ▓▓▓

1. J. Franklin Bell
2. Jamaique 1921
3. Jamaïque 1922
4. Jan Pieterszoon Coen
5. Jervis Bay
6. Johan de Witt
7. Johann Heinrich Burchard
8. Joseph T. Dickman
9. Justicia

▓▓▓ "K" ▓▓▓

1. Kachidoki Maru
2. Kaisar-I-Hind
3. Kashima Maru
4. Kasima Maru
5. Katori Maru
6. Kenmore
7. Kerguelen 1920
8. Kerguelen 1922
9. Keystone State
10. Koda
11. Konakry
12. Kong Haakon

▓▓▓ "L" ▓▓▓

1. Laconia
2. Lafayette
3. Lancastria
4. Largs Bay
5. Laurentic
6. Leonard Wood
7. Leonardo da Vinci
8. Letitia
9. Leviathan
10. Liguria
11. Limburgia
12. Llandovery Castle
13. Llanstephan Castle
14. Lombardia
15. Lone Star State
16. Lutetia

▓▓▓ "M" ▓▓▓

1. Mahana
2. Majestic
3. Maloja
4. Manmasco
5. Maria Pipa
6. Mariadel Carmen
7. Marigold
8. Marne
9. Massilia
10. Mataroa
11. Meduana
12. Melanesien
13. Melita
14. Menelaus
15. Merkur
16. Metagama
17. Metapedia
18. Mexique
19. Milbrook
20. Minnedosa
21. Minnekahda
22. Minnetonka
23. Minnewaska
24. Missanabie
25. Mobiloil
26. Moldavia
27. Mongolia
28. Montcalm
29. Montclare
30. Monte Grappa
31. Montmorency
32. Montrose
33. Mooltan
34. Moreton Bay
35. Mosella
36. München 1920 and 1922

▓▓▓ "N" ▓▓▓

1. Naldera
2. Narkunda
3. Nassau
4. Nea Hellas
5. Neptunia
6. New York 1921 and 1926
7. Nutmeg State

▓▓▓ "O" ▓▓▓

1. Ohio
2. Old North State
3. Orbita
4. Orca
5. Orduña
6. Ormeda
7. Ormonde
8. Ormuz
9. Oropcsa
10. Oroya

▓▓▓ "P" ▓▓▓

1. Palmetto State
2. Pampanito
3. Pan America
4. Panhandle State
5. Papandajan
6. Paris
7. Patria
8. Patrodus
9. Peninsula State
10. Pennland
11. Perseus
12. Philoctetes
13. Piemonte
14. Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
15. Pigeon
16. Pine Tree State
17. Pittsburgh
18. Platino
19. Porthos
20. President Adams
21. President Buchanan
22. President Cleveland
23. President Fillmore
24. President Garfield
25. President Grant 1920 and 1921
26. President Harding
27. President Harrison
28. President Hayes
29. President Jackson
30. President Jefferson
31. President Lincoln
32. President Madison 1920 and 1921
33. President McKinley
34. President Monroe
35. President Pierce 1920 and 1921
36. President Polk
37. President Quezon
38. President Roosevelt
39. President Taft 1920 and 1921
40. President Taylor
41. President Tyler
42. President van Buren
43. President Wilson
44. Proteus
45. Providence

▓▓▓ "R" ▓▓▓

1. Ranger
2. Refuge
3. Regina
4. Reliance
5. Resolute
6. Rimutaka
7. Rode Zee
8. Royal Sovereign

▓▓▓ "S" ▓▓▓

1. S13
2. Samaria
3. San Gennaro
4. Sardegna
5. Sarpedon
6. Schwaben
7. Scythia
8. Sea Girt
9. Seadragon
10. Sibajak
11. Sierra Córdoba
12. Sierra Morena
13. Sierra Nevada
14. Sierra Salvada
15. Sierra Ventana
16. Silver State
17. Sisto
18. Slamat
19. Sophocles
20. Southern Cross
21. Sovietski Sojus
22. Sphinx
23. Statendam 1914 and 1924
24. Stavangerfjord
25. Steuben
26. Stormont
27. Stuttgart
28. Subiaco
29. Suffren
30. Suwa Maru

▓▓▓ "T" ▓▓▓

1. Talma
2. Tamaroa
3. Tarpon
4. Tasker H. Bliss
5. Thor
6. Thuringia
7. Tilawa
8. Tirpitz
9. Transylvania
10. Tubantia
11. Tunny
12. Tuscaloosa
13. Tuscania 1914 and 1921
14. Twyford
15. Tyndareus
16. Tyrrhenia

▓▓▓ "U" ▓▓▓

1. U19
2. U29
3. U30
4. U35
5. U37
6. U38
7. U45
8. U46 1915
9. U46 1938
10. U60
11. U63
12. U65
13. U69
14. U75
15. U86
16. U96
17. U99
18. U107
19. U130
20. U156
21. U506
22. U507
23. U635
24. U1195
25. UA
26. UB13
27. UB64
28. UB67
29. UB77
30. UB87
31. UB124
32. Unique
33. Upholder

▓▓▓ "V" ▓▓▓

1. Vandyck
2. Vaterland
3. Veendam
4. Venezuela
5. Ville de Bruges
6. Viñeta
7. Volendam
8. Voltaire

▓▓▓ "W" ▓▓▓

1. Wajang
2. Waroonga
3. Watchman
4. Wayland
5. Wenatchee
6. Western World
7. Westernland
8. Westphalia
9. Wharton
10. William O'Swald
11. Williard A. Holbrook
12. Windsor Castle
13. Winrich von Kniprode
14. Wolfe
15. Wolverine State
16. Wryneck

▓▓▓ "Y" ▓▓▓

1. Yasaka Maru
2. Yorkshire
3. Yuri Dolgoruki

▓▓▓ "Z" ▓▓▓

1. Zeilin
2. Zeppelin

About the Author

Arnold Kludas, former technical engineer in a Hamburg shipyard and maritime adviser for a German publishing firm, is now working in the Deutsche Schiffahrtsmuseum, the equivalent of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

His meticulous research in authenticating and continually updating the entries of all the ships has resulted in the published English language volumes being received with high acclaim and praise.

In the words of Sea Breezes, 'this is a series well worth the trouble of translation - an excellent service to ship lovers and maritime historians.

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• Personal name: Kludas, Arnold.
• Uniform title: Grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt.
• English Main title: Great passenger ships of the world / [by] Arnold Kludas; translated [from the German] by Charles Hodges.
• Published/Created: Cambridge: Stephens, 1975-1977.
• Description: 5 v. ill.; 25 cm.
• ISBN: 0850591740 (v. 1) :
• LC Classification: VM381 .K5813
• Contents: v. 1. 1858-1912.--v. 2. 1913-1923.--v. 3. 1924-1935.--4. 1936-1950.--v. 5. 1951-1976.
• LC Subjects: Ocean liners. Passenger ships.
• Notes: Translation of Die grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt. Includes indexes.
• Bibliography: v. 1, p. 213.
• LCCN: 76355859
• Dewey class no.: 387.2/432
• Language code: engger
• National bib no.: GB75-31009 (v. 1)
• Type of material: Book