Deutschland

 
Deutsche-Amerikanische-Petroleum Gesellschaft
  


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Length: 339.1 ft.
Breadth: 43.7 ft.
Draft (or depth): 29.6 ft.
Tonnage: 3,710 tons gross.
Engines: Triple expansion, 3 cyl. (1) 23.75" (1) 40.2" (1) 65.2" x 49.2" stroke
Speed: 10.5 knots
Builder: Vulcan, Stettiner Maschienbau Gesellschaft, Stettin.
Launched:  
Maiden Voyage:  
Disposition: 1922-23: Scrapped: Baltimore, MD.
Particulars:

Port of Registry: Hamburg
Flag of Registry: German
Funnel color: Black; red-yellow-red vertical stripes below black top, red block letter R on yellow (middle) stripe
Company flag: Black-yellow-red horizontal stripes of equal width; red block letter R on yellow (middle) stripe
Signal Letters: R J V S
Wireless call letters: D F U

Steel hull, 1 funnel, 3 masts, single screw, electric light, wireless

 

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries:

Among the wireless messages transmitted by Baltic to Titanic 14 April 1912 at 1:42 p.m., ". . . Last night we spoke with German oiltank steamer Deutschland, Stettin to Philadelphia, not under control, short of coal 40°42' N., 55°11' W. Wishes to be reported to New York and other ships." (Deutschland was picked up 14 April by Asian and towed to Halifax; arrived 18 April.)

Data:

1893-1914 - Owned and operated by Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft.

August 3, 1914 - At outbreak of war, put into Rotterdam.

Transferred to Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), renamed Communipaw.

1922-23 - October 31, 1922 - Arrived at Baltimore, Maryland, U. S. A.; scrapped.

Courtesy: John P. Eaton