Gesellschaftszimmer (society or socializing room) |
reading room |
Smoking room (there was unlikely to have been any restriction on smoking anywhere else, however) |
1st class dining room |
We did a post on this passenger liner, named after Kaiser Wilhelm the 1st, called Kaiser Wilhelm the Great, last year; here is some more data about her:
Flag Deutsches Kaiserreich
Home port Bremen
Owner Norddeutscher Lloyd
Shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd
Building shipyard AG Vulcan Stettin
Launched 4 May 1897
Whereabouts
From 1914 auxiliary cruiser of the Kaiserlichen Kriegsmarine (Imperial Navy); on 26 August 1914 after a battle with the British cruiser HMS Highflyer scuttled by its crew. Scrapped 1952
Ship dimensions
Length 198 m (length overall)
Breadth 20 m
Depth max. 8.3 m
Displacement 24,300 tonnes
Size 14,349 gross register tons
Crew 488
Machine driving motor 4 x 4 stroke expansion steam machines
Machine-performance 28,000 hp (20,594 kW)
Speed max. 22.35 kn (41 km/h)
Propellers 2
Transport capacity - Allowed passenger numbers:
1st class: 206 + 134 sleeping sofas and children's beds
2nd class: 226 + 120 sleeping sofas and children's beds
3rd class: 1,074
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arriving in Hoboken Harbor, not dated |
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