SS Gneisenau Archival Collection

SS Gneisenau of the North German Lloyd at the Outer Harbor, Australia, c1915. GGA Image ID # 1f6d245038

Gneisenau (1903) North German Lloyd

Built by A. Ges. "Vulkan", Stettin, Germany. Tonnage: 8,081. Dimensions: 442' x 55'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 13 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Service: Built for Australia service. In trans-Atlantic service too. Renamed: Citta di Genova (1921). Fate: Sold to Italian shipbreakers in October 1930. Sister ships: Roon and Scharnhorst.

Sailing Schedule, Bremen-Australian Ports and Genoa-New York, from 14 October 1903 to 16 April 1904. Ships Included the Barbarossa, Bremen, Friedrich dr Grosse, Gneisenau, Hohenzollern, König Albert, Lahn, Neckar, Prinz Regent Luitpoid, Prinzess Irene, and Zieten. SS Kaiser Wilhelm II Cabin Passenger List, 6 October 1903. GGA Image ID # 213715a8fe

Sailing Schedule, Bremen-New York, Bremen-Baltimore, and Bremen-Galveston, from 11 May 1905 to 2 November 1905. Ships Included the Barbarossa, Brandenburg, Bremen, Breslau, Cassel, Chemnitz, Frankfurt, Friedrich der Grosse, Gneisenau, Grosser Kurfürst, Hannover, Köln, Main, Neckar, and Prinzess Alice. SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse First and Second Class Passenger List, 23 May 1905. GGA Image ID # 21087c14bc

Sailing Schedule, Bremen-Hamburg-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Southampton-Gibraltar-Genoa, from 24 October 1906 to 13 August 1907. Ships Included the Barbarossa, Bremen, Bülow, Gneisenau, Göben, Hohenlohe, Preussen, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Prinz Heinrich, Prinz Ludwig, Prinz Regent Luitpold, Prinzess Alice, Roon, Scharnhorst, Seydlitz, Yorck, and Zieten. SS Bremen Passenger List, 27 October 1906. GGA Image ID # 2140bda652

Sailing Schedule, Bremen or Hamburg to East Asia, from 11 October 1906 to 10 October 1907. Ships Included the Gneisenau, Preussen, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Prinz Heinrich, Prinz Ludwig, Prinz-Regent Luipold, Prinzess Alice, Roon, Scharnhorst, Seydlitz, and Zieten. SS Bremen Passenger List, 27 October 1906. GGA Image ID # 2141e08ad5

Sailing Schedule, Breman-Hamburg-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Southampton-Gibraltar-Genoa, from 28 March 1907 to 8 January 1908. Ships Included the Bülow, Gneisenau, Goeben, Kleist, Preussen, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Prinz Heinrich, Prinz Ludwig, Prinz Regent Luitpold, Prinzess Alice, Roon, Scharnhorst, Seydlitz, Yorck, and Zieten. SS Chemnitz Passenger List, 6 April 1907. GGA Image ID # 1f76a639e5

Sailing Schedule, Bremen-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York, New York-Plymouth-Cherbourg-Bremen, Genoa-Naples-Gibraltar-New York, and New York-Gibraltar-Naples-Genoa, from 9 December 1908 to 23 July 1909. Ships Included the Barbarossa, Berlin, Brandenburg, Chemnitz, Friedrich der Grosse, Gneisenau, Grosser Kurfurst, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Koenig Albert, Koenigin Luise, Kronprinzessin Cicilie, Main, Neckar, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, Prinzess Irene, Rhein, Yorck, and Zieten. North German Lloyd Bulletin, January 1909. GGA Image ID # 1f519dd3c6. Click to View Larger Image.

Sailing Schedule, Australian Line, from 14 February 1912 to 14 February 1913. Ships Included the Bremen, Friedrich der Grosse, Gnisenau, Grosser Kurfürst, Königin Luise, Roon, Scharnhorst, Seydlitz, and Zieten. SS Berlin First and Second Cabin Passenger List, 20 January 1912. GGA Image ID # 20d93b548f. Click to View Larger Image.

Sailing Schedule, Bremen-Boulogne-Southampton-New York and New York-Plymouth, Cherbourg-Bremen, from 18 January 1914 to 8 June 1914. Ships Included the Barbarossa, Bremen, George Washington, Gneisenau, Grosser Kurfürst, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Kronprinzessin Cecilie, König Albert, Prinz Friedrick Wilhelm, and Seydlitz. SS Grosser Kurfürst Passenger List, 8 Novmeber 1913. GGA Image ID # 1f67b544a2

The Wreck of the Reichpost (Mail) Steamer SS Gneisenau in the Scheldt River, 1914, a 435 Kilometer Long River That Flows Through Northern France, Western Belgium, and the Southwestern Part of the Netherlands, with Its Mouth at the North Sea. Norddeutscher Lloyd Jahrbuch, 1914-1915. GGA Image ID # 1f7e473dda

In October 1914, SS Gneisenau was scuttled to obstruct the fairway of the River Scheldt. In May 1917, the Germans raised the ship and docked it at Antwerp, seized by Belgium in November 1918 and sold to Italy on 20th June 1919. Rebuilt at Antwerp as the SS Citta Di Genova for Italian owners, she sailed between Genoa, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane until broken up in 1930 at Naples.

The Wreck of the Reichspost (Mail) Steamer SS Gneisenau in the Scheldt River, 1914. An Unidentified Steamer Heads Past the Wreckage in the Background. Norddeutscher Lloyd Jahrbuch, 1914-1915. GGA Image ID # 1f7e83b877