SS Moltke
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![]() SS Moltke's sistership, Blücher
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Name | Moltke |
Namesake | Helmuth von Moltke the Elder |
Owner | Hamburg America Line |
Builder | Blohm & Voss |
Launched | August 27, 1901 |
Maiden voyage | February 22, 1902 |
In service | 1902 |
Fate | Seized by Italy, 1915 |
Notes | Part of the Barbarossa-class ocean liner |
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Name | Pesaro |
Acquired | May 25, 1915 |
Out of service | 1925 |
Fate | Sold for scrap in 1925 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 12,335 GRT |
Length | 167.5 m (549 feet) |
Beam | 18.9 m (62 feet) |
Propulsion | 2 quadruple expansion engines |
Speed | 16 knots |
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Crew | 252 |
SS Moltke was a German ocean liner built by Blohm & Voss for the Hamburg America Line, her name was in honour of Helmuth von Moltke. She was launched in 1901, and sailed her maiden voyage in February the following year. During World War I, Moltke was laid up at Genoa, Italy, and was seized in 1915 after Italy joined the war. On 23 April 1919, Moltke was renamed Pesaro and used as an Italian merchant ship by the Lloyd Sabaudo for the first time on the route from Genoa via Marseille to New York City. She was scrapped in 1925.
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Categories:
- Merchant ship stubs
- 1901 ships
- Ships of the Hamburg America Line
- Barbarossa-class ocean liners