Thursday, February 10, 2011

interior scenes of the ship 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse'

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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