Frankfurt

Norddeutscher Lloyd

Length:	430.3 ft.
Breadth:	54.3 ft.
Draft (or Depth):	39.4 ft.
Tonnage:	7,341 tons (gross), 7,251 (underdeck), 4,739 (net)
Engines:	Triple expansion, 6 cyl. (2 each) 22.4", 38.2", 62.2", 43.3" stroke
Speed:	12.5 knots
Builder:	J[ohn] C. Tecklenborg Actien Gesselschaft, Geestemunde, Germany (Yard No. 169)
Launched:	17 December 1899
Maiden Voyage:	31 March 1900
Disposition:	1931 (scrapped in Japan)
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Bremen Flag of Registry: German Funnel color: Buff Company flag: Signal Letters: Q G W B Wireless call letters: D F T

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

Eastbound, Galveston to Bremerhaven. April 15 at 12:15 a.m., was among the first vessels to hear Titanic's distress calll as originally transmitted: 41.44N., 50.24W* Frankfurt's position at 12:38 a.m. was reckoned to be 39.47N., 52.10W., some 153 miles southwest of the distress site.

Data:

1899 - Built and engined by J[ohn] C. Tecklenborg Gessellschaft, Geestemunde, Germany, Yard no. 169.

17 December 1899 - Launched

31 March 1900 - Maiden voyage: Bremen - Baltimore, Maryland and return.

1900-1918 - Bremen - Baltimore and Bremen - Galveston.

1919 - Surrendered. Became Frankfurt (British Registry) under White Star Line management.

1922 - Sold to Oriental Navigation Co., Ltd., Hong Kong; renamed Sarvistan.

1931 - Scrapped in Japan.

* - This position was also heard by MCE (Cape Race) and DYA (Ypiranga); it was transmitted ten times before being modified (to 41.44N., 50.14W.) by fourth officer Boxhall and passed on to Titanic's wireless operators.

Courtesy: John P. Eaton. Used with permission.