Lindenfels

Hansa Line

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Length:	420.6 ft.
Breadth:	55.1 ft.
Draft (or Depth):	28.2 ft.
Tonnage:	5,476 (gross)
Engines:	4-cylinder quadruple-expansion steam engine.
Speed:	11 knots
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, (Yard No. 768)
Launched:	April 11, 1906
Maiden Voyage:
Disposition:	1914 - Siezed by Great Britain. June 1933 - Sold to Italian breakers.
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Hamburg, Germany Flag of Registry: German Funnel color: Black with white stripe below black top; black Maltese cross in the white stripe Company flag: White; narrow red stripes top and bottom; black Maltese cross at center of white area Signal Letters: Q J G M Wireless call letters: D L I Details: Single prop

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

During arguments at the British Wreck Commissioner's Enquiry, the Hansa Line steamers Trautenfels and Lindenfels were mentioned as possible ships nearby to where the Titanic sank.

Data:

April 11, 1906

Launched by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, (Yard No. 768) for the Hansa line.

December 8, 1906

Delivered to her owners.

1914

Seized by Great Britain, renamed Kingsmere.

Changed owners several more times over the next near 20 year period.

June 1933

Sold to breakers in Italy.