AG Vulcan
Stettin, Germany

North German Lloyd
Bremen, Germany

May 4, 1897

Sept. 19, 1897

648' 5"

14,349

22

1,749

Sunk (scuttled) August 26, 1914 after battle with the HMS Highflyer.

Location: North Atlantic off Rio del Oro, Spanish West Africa (Western Sahara).
(23.34N - 16.02W)

Aprox. 104 killed 480 survivors.
Hulk scrapped in 1952

As an armed merchant cruiser in World War 1, captured 5 ships (sank 3 released 2)
for a total of 10,685 tons.

AG Vulcan
Stettin, Germany

Hamburg-America Line
Hamburg, Germany

Jan. 10, 1900

July 4, 1900

686' 6"

16,502

22.5

2,100

Scrapped 1925.

Renamed Victoria Luise in 1911.

2 funnels removed and renamed Hansa in 1920.

The only large German ship the allies refused to accept after World War 1.

AG Vulcan
Stettin, Germany

North German Lloyd
Bremen, Germany

Mar. 30, 1901

Sept. 17, 1901

663' 2 "

14,908

22

1,761

Scrapped in 1923.

As an armed merchant cruiser in World War 1 captured 15 ships (sank 13, released 1 and 1 left in sinking condition) for a total of 55,938 tons.

Interned in USA and seized by US Government for use as a troopship, renamed USS Von Steuben,
later renamed Baron Von Steuben.

AG Vulcan
Stettin, Germany

North German Lloyd
Bremen, Germany

Aug. 12, 1902

Apr. 14, 1903

706' 5"

19,361

22.5

1,800

Scrapped 1940.

Seized by the US Government in 1917 for use as a troopship, renamed USS Agamemnon.

After the war renamed Monticello.

John Brown & Co.
Clydebank, Scotland

Cunard Line
Liverpool, England

June 7, 1906

Sept. 7, 1907

787'

35,550

25

2,165

Torpedoed and sunk May 7, 1915 by the SMS U-20.

Location: North Atlantic, 12 miles south of the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.
(51.24.15N - 08.32.00W)

1,198 passengers and crew killed, 761 survivors.

Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

Cunard Line
Liverpool, England

Sept. 20, 1906

Nov. 16, 1907

790'

31,938

25

2,165

Scrapped 1935.

AG Vulcan
Stettin, Germany

North German Lloyd
Bremen, Germany

Dec. 1, 1906

Aug. 6, 1907

706' 4"

19,503

23

1,809

Scrapped in 1940.

The only German built four funnel liner that never held the Blue Riband. (Kaiser Wilhelm II held
the Blue Riband but, only in the Eastbound direction)

Seized by the US Government in 1917 for use as a troopship, renamed USS Mount Vernon.

Chantiers & Ateliers de St. Nazaire
St. Nazaire, France

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
(French Line)
Paris, France

Sept. 10, 1910

Apr. 20, 1912

713'

23,666

23.5

1,925

Scrapped at Dunkerque, France in 1935.

Laid down as Picardie but name changed before launch.

Served as a troopship and later as a hospital ship in World War 1 under the name France IV.

Harland & Wolff Ltd.
Belfast, Ireland

Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
(White Star Line)
Liverpool, England

Oct. 20, 1910

June 14, 1911

882' 9"

45,324

21

2,435

Sold in 1935 to Sir John Jarvis for £100,000. Towed to Thomas W. Ward in Jarrow-on-Tyne and partially dismantled, 1937 the hull was towed to Inverkeithing, Scotland and scrapped.

Harland & Wolff Ltd.
Belfast, Ireland

Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
(White Star Line)
Liverpool, England

May 31, 1911

April 10, 1912

882' 9"

46,328

21

2,570

Sunk April 15, 1912 after hitting an iceberg on her maiden voyage Apr. 14.

Location: North Atlantic, 360 miles SSE of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
(41.46N - 50.45W) this is the position given by the Titanic.
(41.16N - 50.14W) this position given by Lloyd's.

1,523 passengers and crew were killed, 705 survivors were picked up by the Carpathia and
landed at New York on Apr. 18.

John Brown & Company
Clydebank, Scotland

Cunard Line
Liverpool, England

Apr. 21, 1913

May 30, 1914

901'

45,647

23

3,230

Scrapped in 1950.

The only four funnel liner to serve in both world wars.

The last liner with four funnels in service. The last four funnel liner in service was the Arundel Castle but, two of her funnels were removed in 1937.

Harland & Wolff Ltd.
Belfast, Ireland

Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
(White Star Line)
Liverpool, England

Feb. 26, 1914

N/A

903' 6"

48,158

21

2,570

Sunk Nov. 21, 1916 by a mine laid by U-73.

Location: Aegean Sea, 2 miles northwest of Kea Island, Greece.
(37.42N - 24.17E)

30 crew killed, 1,066 survivors picked up by HMS Heroic, HMS Scourge, HMS Foxhound and
a Greek fishing boat and landed at Piraeus, Greece.

Never served as a passenger liner having been requisitioned by the Admiralty on Nov. 13, 1915
and converted into a hospital ship while fitting out.

Harland & Wolff Ltd.
Belfast, Ireland

Union-Castle Line
Southampton, England

Sept. 11, 1919

Apr. 22, 1921

661

19,023

17

1,170

Scrapped in 1959.

Laid down as Amroth Castle.

The last of the four funnel liners in service.

Two funnels removed and lengthened in 1937.

John Brown & Company
Clydebank, Scotland

Union-Castle Line
Southampton, England

Mar. 9, 1921

April 1922

661'

18,967

17

870

Sunk March 23, 1943 while in convoy KMF-11 by German aircraft (torpedo).
*Hit by torpedo at 02:30 but did not sink until 17:25.

Location: Mediterranean Sea, 110 miles WNW of Algiers, Algeria.
(37.28N - 01.10E)

One crewman killed, Junior Engineer Officer William Ogilvie Mann.
2,699 troops and 289 crew were removed by HMS Whaddon L-45, HMS Eggesford L-15
and HMS Douglas D-90.

Two funnels removed and lengthened in 1937.