Built 1914 at Geestemünde by J. C. Tecklenborg for Hamburg America Line.
Burden 19,582 gross tons dimensions 590.4ft x 72.5ft. Triple screw
Passengers 350 First Class, 300 Second Class and 500 Third Class.
1914 Feb. 10, launched as the "Johann Heinrich Burchard" for HAPAG
1915 Nov. 20, provisionally delivered
1916 Became the "Limburgia" for the Royal Holland Lloyd
1922 Became the "Reliance" for United American
1923 Sold to Panamanian owners
1926 Purchased by HAPAG
1926 Aug. 24, first voyage for HAPAG Hamburg-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York
1938 Aug. 7, gutted by fire at Hamburg
1940 Scrapped at Bremerhafen
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Re: Reliance
Built under yard No 256 as a passenger- cargo vessel by J.C.Tecklenborg, Geestemünde for the Hamburg America Line, (HAPAG), Hamburg.
19 February 1912 ordered.
10 February 1914 launched under the name JOHANN HEINRICH BURCHARD. Named after a Mayor of Hamburg (1852-1912).
Tonnage 19.618 gross, 9.961 net, dim. 187.45 x 21.95 x 13.28m, length bpp. 179.83m
Powered by two triple expansion steam engines and one low-pressure turbine, 17.500 ihp. manufactured by builder, triple screws, speed 16 knots. Three funnels.
Passenger accommodation for 315 first, 301 second and 850 third class passengers, crew 480.
Cargo capacity 6.000 ton.
20 November 1915 delivered, and laid up. Building cost 8,247 million D. Mark
Built for the trade of the East Coast of South America, but she never sailed under the name JOHANN HEINRICH BURCHARD, due to the First World War.
08 June 1916 bought by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam, as reparation for Dutch neutral ships sunk by the German, renamed LIMBURGIA. Most probably named after the Dutch province Limburg. She was bought together with an other new building the WILLIAM O’SWALD for 25 million Dutch Guilder.
In 1918 the Allies demanded the transfer of both ships and a long delay ensued.
03 February 1920 under command of Capt. J.M.Kolkman at least she arrived for the first time in Amsterdam.
19 May sailed from Amsterdam for her maiden voyage to Buenos Aires. After one round voyage he was replaced by Capt. A. Vreugdehil.
She was too large for the service to South America and in January 1922 she was sold to United America Line in New York, renamed RELIANCE.
Placed in the service from New York to Germany in co-operation with HAPAG, tonnage given as 19.582 gross.
Passenger accommodation 290 first, 320 second and 400 third class passengers.
03 May 1922 sailed from Hamburg via Southampton and Cherbourg to New York.
1923 Transferred to the flag of Panama.
25 June 1926 she made her last voyage for the United America Line.
27 July 1926 bought by Hamburg America Line.
24 August 1926 she resumed her service across the North Atlantic for the HAPAG.
After 1928 mostly used for cruising.
May 1930 modernized by the yard of Blohm & Voss, fitted with broader funnels. Tonnage after the refit 19.618 gross.
Passenger accommodation for 633 first and 186 second class.
06 August 1935 she made her last Hamburg to New York voyage then only used for cruising.
07 August 1938 at Hamburg got a fire in her store hold on B-deck at about 05.00 a.m. Water used for extinguish the fire did give the ship a list, when she got so much list that open port-holes came submerged, water poured in an the RELIANCE capsized, two men were drowned during the accident.
She was a total loss, and on 04 January 1941 sold to Eisen & Metall in Bremerhaven for scrapping.
Source: Merchant Fleets in Profile Vol. 4 by Duncan Haws. Jaarboek Scheepvaart 3 by G.J.de Boer.
http://werften.fishtown.de/archiv/johan ... chard.html South Atlantic Seaways by N.R.P. Bonsor.
19 February 1912 ordered.
10 February 1914 launched under the name JOHANN HEINRICH BURCHARD. Named after a Mayor of Hamburg (1852-1912).
Tonnage 19.618 gross, 9.961 net, dim. 187.45 x 21.95 x 13.28m, length bpp. 179.83m
Powered by two triple expansion steam engines and one low-pressure turbine, 17.500 ihp. manufactured by builder, triple screws, speed 16 knots. Three funnels.
Passenger accommodation for 315 first, 301 second and 850 third class passengers, crew 480.
Cargo capacity 6.000 ton.
20 November 1915 delivered, and laid up. Building cost 8,247 million D. Mark
Built for the trade of the East Coast of South America, but she never sailed under the name JOHANN HEINRICH BURCHARD, due to the First World War.
08 June 1916 bought by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam, as reparation for Dutch neutral ships sunk by the German, renamed LIMBURGIA. Most probably named after the Dutch province Limburg. She was bought together with an other new building the WILLIAM O’SWALD for 25 million Dutch Guilder.
In 1918 the Allies demanded the transfer of both ships and a long delay ensued.
03 February 1920 under command of Capt. J.M.Kolkman at least she arrived for the first time in Amsterdam.
19 May sailed from Amsterdam for her maiden voyage to Buenos Aires. After one round voyage he was replaced by Capt. A. Vreugdehil.
She was too large for the service to South America and in January 1922 she was sold to United America Line in New York, renamed RELIANCE.
Placed in the service from New York to Germany in co-operation with HAPAG, tonnage given as 19.582 gross.
Passenger accommodation 290 first, 320 second and 400 third class passengers.
03 May 1922 sailed from Hamburg via Southampton and Cherbourg to New York.
1923 Transferred to the flag of Panama.
25 June 1926 she made her last voyage for the United America Line.
27 July 1926 bought by Hamburg America Line.
24 August 1926 she resumed her service across the North Atlantic for the HAPAG.
After 1928 mostly used for cruising.
May 1930 modernized by the yard of Blohm & Voss, fitted with broader funnels. Tonnage after the refit 19.618 gross.
Passenger accommodation for 633 first and 186 second class.
06 August 1935 she made her last Hamburg to New York voyage then only used for cruising.
07 August 1938 at Hamburg got a fire in her store hold on B-deck at about 05.00 a.m. Water used for extinguish the fire did give the ship a list, when she got so much list that open port-holes came submerged, water poured in an the RELIANCE capsized, two men were drowned during the accident.
She was a total loss, and on 04 January 1941 sold to Eisen & Metall in Bremerhaven for scrapping.
Source: Merchant Fleets in Profile Vol. 4 by Duncan Haws. Jaarboek Scheepvaart 3 by G.J.de Boer.
http://werften.fishtown.de/archiv/johan ... chard.html South Atlantic Seaways by N.R.P. Bonsor.