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'''Norddeutscher Lloyd''' ('''NDL'''; {{lit}} North German Lloyd) was a German [[shipping company]]. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in [[Bremen]] on 20 February 1857. It developed into one of the most important German shipping companies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was instrumental in the economic development of Bremen and [[Bremerhaven]]. On 1 September 1970, the company merged with [[Hamburg America Line]] (HAPAG) to form [[Hapag-Lloyd]] AG.

==History==

===Establishment of the NDL===
[[File:Norddeutscher Lloyd - Bremen - Prospekt - 1857.jpg|thumb|1857 NDL prospectus announcing formation of the company and offering stock for sale]]
The German shipping company North German Lloyd (NDL) was founded by the Bremen merchants Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann on 20 February 1857, after the dissolution of the [[Ocean Steam Navigation Company]], a joint German-American enterprise.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1898/11/19/archives/herr-hh-meier-dead-north-german-lloyd-steamship-cos-founder-passes.html |format = pdf |title = Herr H.H. Meier Dead.; North German Lloyd Steamship Co.'s Founder Passes Away at Bremen. |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |date = 19 November 1898 |access-date = 2010-01-23 |page = 1}}</ref><ref>Edwin Drechsel, ''Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, 1857–1970: History, Fleet, Ship Mails'', volume 1 Vancouver, British Columbia: Cordillera, 1994, {{ISBN|978-1-895590-14-2}}, p. 7.</ref><ref name="House flag">[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de~ndl.html NDL's history and house flag]</ref><ref>Georg Bessell, ''Norddeutscher Lloyd, 1857–1957: Geschichte einer bremischen Reederei'', Bremen: Schünemann, [1957], {{OCLC|3187889}}, pp. 18–20 {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref>Rolf Böttcher: Ankunft des Raddampfers „Washington“ in Bremerhaven 1847. Bremerhaven 1997</ref> The new shipping company had no direct association with the [[United Kingdom|British]] maritime [[classification society]] [[Lloyd's Register]]; by the mid-19th century, "Lloyd" was used as a term for a shipping company<ref>Bessell, p. 24.</ref> (an earlier user of the term in the same context was the Trieste-based [[Österreichischer Lloyd]], originally intended to be modelled on Lloyd's of London).

H. H. Meier became NDL's first chairman of the supervisory board, and Crüsemann became the first director of the company ([[German language|German]] ''[[Aktiengesellschaft]]'' – AG). Crüsemann was in charge of both cargo services and passenger transport, which, as a result of emigration, was growing significantly. The company was also active in other areas, including [[tugboat]]s, bathing, insurance, and ship repair (the last of which it still provides). The first office of the shipping company was located at number 13 Martinistraße in Bremen.

The company started with a route to England prior to starting a transatlantic service. In 1857, the first ship, the ''Adler'' (Eagle), began regular passenger service between the [[Weser]] region (where Bremen is located) and England. On 28 October 1857, it made its maiden voyage from [[Nordenham]] to London.<ref name="Norway-Heritage">[http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_shiplist.asp?co=ndlaa Norway-Heritage]</ref>

Just one year later, regular, scheduled services were started between the new port in Bremerhaven and New York using two {{GRT|2674}} steamships, {{SS|Bremen|1858|2}} and {{SS|New York|1858|2}}. International economic crises made the start of the NDL extremely difficult, and the company took losses until 1859.<ref name="Norway-Heritage"/> In the succeeding years, passenger connections to Baltimore and New Orleans were added to the schedule, and the company first rented and then in 1869 bought facilities on the waterfront in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]].<ref>Bessell, pp. 35, 36.</ref>

In 1867–1868, NDL began a partnership with the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]], which initiated the [[Baltimore Line]]; until 1978, this had its own ships. In 1869, Crüsemann died at only 43 years old. From 1877 to 1892, the director of NDL was [[Johann Georg Lohmann]]. He established a new policy for the company, emphasizing fast liners. Eventually H. H. Meier and Lohmann fell out over the direction of the company. In 1892, a {{GRT|5481|link=off}} twin-screw steamship, the company's first, was christened the ''H.H. Meier'' after the founder;<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1897/03/09/archives/german-steamer-on-fire-the-hh-meier-forced-to-put-back-by-the.html |format = pdf | title = German steamer on fire. |work = The New York Times |date = 9 March 1897 |access-date = 2010-01-23 |page = 1}}</ref> this helped to heal the breach between them.<ref>Bessell, p. 70.</ref>

====Foundation of the German Empire====
[[File:Norddeutscher-Lloyd-Bremerhaven.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of North German Lloyd in [[Bremerhaven]] in 1870]]
During the ''[[Gründerzeit]]'' at the beginning of the German Empire, the NDL expanded greatly. Thirteen new ships of the "Strassburg class" were ordered. A route to the West Indies offered from 1871 to 1874 proved unprofitable, but was followed by a permanent line to the east coast of South America. On the transatlantic route, the [[Hamburg America Line|HAPAG]], the [[Holland-America Line]], and the [[Red Star Line]] were now all fierce rivals. Beginning in 1881 with {{SS|Elbe|1881|2}}, eleven fast steamships of from 4500 to {{GRT|6900|link=off}} of the so-called "{{sclass2|Rivers|ocean liner|0}}" (all named for German rivers), were introduced to serve the North Atlantic trade.<ref name="Ships list">[http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nglloyd.html The Ships List] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100609195409/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nglloyd.html |date=2010-06-09}}</ref>

In 1885, the NDL won the commission to provide postal service between the German Empire and Australia and the Far East.<ref>Bessell, pp. 50, 53.</ref> The associated subsidy underwrote further expansion, beginning with the first large-scale order placed with a German shipyard, for three [[:de:Reichspostdampfer|mail steamships]] for the major routes and three smaller steamships for branch service from [[AG Vulcan Stettin]]. It was in fact a requirement of the commission that the ships be built in Germany.

By 1890, with 66 ships of a total {{GRT|251602|link=off}}, NDL was the second largest shipping company in the world, after the British [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]], with 48 ships of a total {{GRT|251603|link=off}}, and dominated shipping to Germany, with 31.6% of the traffic. NDL was also carrying more transatlantic passengers to New York than any other company, due to its dominance in [[steerage]], which consisted mostly of immigrants. In cabin class, it carried only slightly more passengers than the British [[Cunard Line]] and [[White Star Line]]. 42% of NDL's passenger traffic was to New York, and 15% to other US ports, but only 16.2% eastward-bound from New York. Its westbound South Atlantic service represented 17.3% of its passengers; eastbound from South America, only 1.7%.

In 1887, the NDL withdrew from the route to England in favor of [[Argo Reederei]], but continued to provide tug services through participation beginning in 1899 in the ''Schleppschifffahrtsgesellschaft Unterweser'' (Unterweser Tug Association, now [[Unterweser Reederei]]).<ref>Bessell, p. 80.</ref>
<gallery>
File:Kaiser wilhelm der grosse 01.jpg|{{SS|Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse||2}}
File:KronprinzWilhelmPostcard.jpg|''Kronprinz Wilhelm''
File:Kaiser wilhelm 2.jpg|''Kaiser wilhelm II''
File:The SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie at sea in circa 1910.jpg|''Kronprinzessin Cecilie'' 
</gallery>

===Expansion and dominance===
[[File:Norddeutscher Lloyd 1908.JPG|thumb|left|Bond of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, issued 1 March 1908]]
H. H. Meyer stood down from the board in 1888; he was succeeded by Friedrich Reck. Johann Georg Lohmann became director of the company; following his death in 1892, Reck stepped down and Georg Plate became chairman. The lawyer [[Heinrich Wiegand]] became Director; from 1899 onwards, his title was Director General. He held this position until 1909,<ref name="Norway-Heritage"/> and presided over appreciable expansion.

In 1897, with the commissioning of {{SS|Kaiser Wilhelm der Große||2}}, the NDL finally had a major ship for the North Atlantic. This was the largest and fastest ship in the world, and the company benefited from the reputation advantage of the [[Blue Riband]] for the fastest Atlantic crossing, with an average speed of 22.3 knots. Between 1897 and 1907, the line followed with three further twin-screw and four-funnel steamships of the {{sclass2|Kaiser|ocean liner|0}}, of {{GRT|14000}} to {{GRT|19000}}: {{SS|Kronprinz Wilhelm}}, {{SS|Kaiser Wilhelm II}} and {{SS|Kronprinzessin Cecilie|1906|6}}. With these the company offered a regular service across the Atlantic to its docks at [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], across the [[Hudson River]] from New York. On June 30, 1900 over 300 Dock workers and people were killed in [[1900 Hoboken Docks fire|a fire]] at the Hoboken docks.
[[File:Hoboken 1909.jpg|thumb|North Germany Lloyd's docks in Hoboken, 1909]]
So began the "decade of Germans" in transatlantic shipping, in which the NDL and the HAPAG dominated the routes with several record-breaking ships and vied with the British [[Cunard Line]] and the [[White Star Line]] as the largest shipping companies in the world. In 1902 and 1904, two NDL ships again won the Blue Riband: ''Kronprinz Wilhelm'', now with an average speed of {{convert|23.09|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} for the westbound passage from [[Cherbourg]] to New York and ''Kaiser Wilhelm II'' at {{convert|23.58|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} on the eastbound passage. In 1907, {{RMS|Lusitania}}, and then in 1909, {{RMS|Mauretania|1906|6}}, both of the British Cunard Line, won the Blue Riband back for the British, and ''Mauretania'' then retained it until 1929.<ref name="Norway-Heritage"/>

Between 1894 and 1908, NDL ordered many other freight and passenger steamships from several German yards. These included the {{sclass|Barbarossa|ocean liner|0}} (mode than {{GRT|10000|link=off}}, for Australia, the Far East, and the North Atlantic) and the Generals class (about {{GRT|8500}}, for the Far East and Australia). 
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====NDL in the 20th century====
[[File:Kaiser-hun-speech.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kaiser Wilhelm II]] speaking at the departure of [[USS Huron (ID-1408)|''Friedrich Der Grosse'']] with German troops to put down the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China]]
Beginning in 1899, the NDL expanded into the Pacific, acquiring the entire fleets of two small British lines, the Scottish Oriental Steamship Company and the Holt East Indian Ocean Steamship Company, and setting up between 14 and 16 passenger and freight routes in conjunction with the postal service.<ref>Bessell, p. 78.</ref> <!-- Passenger service to Asia was offered in conjunction with the HAPAG beginning in 1900. Commenting this out as it does not fit what Bessell says. It was referenced to Drechsel but with no page. --> In 1900, 14 of NDL's passenger ships were requisitioned as troop transports due to the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China; on 27 July, [[Kaiser Wilhelm II]] delivered his infamous [[Hun speech]], in which he compared the military of the German Empire to the Huns, at the departure ceremony for the ''SS Friedrich Der Grosse''.<ref name=LAT->{{cite news |title = Historic ships to ply again |newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]] |date = 1922-08-21 | page = II8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Massie |first = Robert K |author-link= Robert K. Massie |year = 1992 |title= Dreadnought |publisher=Jonathan Cape |place=London |isbn=0-224-03260-7 |title-link= Dreadnought (book)}}</ref> This inspired Britain later, when they seized a number of German ships, to rename them to names beginning with "Hun", such as "Huntsgreen" and "Huntsend".{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In German, these ships were collectively named "Hunnendampfer" (Huns' steamers).<ref>See our German article [[:de:Hunnendampfer]].</ref>

At the beginning of the 20th century, the U.S. banking magnate [[J. P. Morgan]] began to acquire a number of shipping companies, including the [[White Star Line]], the [[Leyland Line]], and the [[Red Star Line]], to build a transatlantic monopoly. He succeeded in signing both HAPAG and NDL to an alliance, but was unable to acquire the British [[Cunard Line]], and the French [[Compagnie Générale Transatlantique]] (CGT).<ref>Lamar Cecil, ''Albert Ballin: Business and Politics in Imperial Germany, 1888–1918'', Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University, 1967, {{OCLC|	900428}}, pp. 52–53, 56–57.</ref> HAPAG and NDL gave Morgan the largest U.S. rail company, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and so Morgan offered to divide the market. The Holland-America Line and the Red Star Line together divided a contract for the passengers of the four companies. Ruinous competition was prevented. In 1912, the Morgan Agreement was terminated.<ref>Krass, Peter (May 2001). "He Did It!(creation of U.S. Steel by J.P. Morgan)". Across the Board (Professional Collection).</ref>

In 1907, the Norddeutscher Lloyd's fiftieth anniversary, it had 93 vessels, 51 smaller vessels, two sail training vessels and other river steamers. NDL had around 15,000 employees. Because of the high investment costs and an international economic crisis, the shipping company celebrated at this time but also had considerable financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite book |title = Atlantic reporter |volume = 81 |place = Harvard |publisher = West Publishing Company |year = 1912 |page= 764}}</ref>

[[File:Lloydgebäude by Otto Bollhagen - Bremen - 1911.jpg|thumb|NDL headquarters building, built in 1907–10]]
Despite the financial difficulties, between 1907 and 1910 the company built a new headquarters on Papenburgstrasse in Bremen, the prestigious NDL Building to plans by architect [[Johann Poppe]], who was also the lead interior designer for the company's liners. The building, the largest in the city at the time, was in eclectic [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] style with a tower. It was sold in 1942 to [[Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau]] and when the company was broken up into its constituent parts after World War II, passed to [[AG Weser]]. The building had been severely damaged by bombing and was demolished and a [[Horten AG|Horten]] department store built on the site in 1969. The adjacent new shopping mall bears the name ''Lloyd Passage''.<ref name=Passage>[http://www.lloydpassage-bremen.de/ Lloyd Passage, Bremen]</ref>

The lucrative North Atlantic route was extremely competitive in this period, with new, attractive ships from other large companies including the {{RMS|Lusitania}}, {{RMS|Mauretania||2}}, and {{RMS|Aquitania||2}}, of the Cunard Line, and the {{RMS|Olympic}}, {{RMS|Titanic||2}}, and {{HMHS|Britannic||2}} of the White Star Line. The HAPAG introduced three new vessels of the [[Imperator-class ocean liner|Imperator class]], {{SS|Imperator||2}}, {{SS|Vaterland|1913|2}}, and {{SS|Bismarck||2}}, with a size of 50,000 GRT. The NDL responded with smaller but prestigious vessels such as {{SS|Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm||2}} and {{SS|George Washington||2}}, and transferred [[SS Arabic (1920)|''Berlin'']] from Mediterranean service to the New York run. Finally in 1914 the company ordered two {{GRT|33000|link=off}} liners of the {{sclass|Columbus|liner|0}}; World War I prevented their completion.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/11/11/105014544.pdf |title = Great liner is launched |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |date = 11 November 1908 |access-date = 2008-08-01 |page = 4}}</ref>

In this era of "open borders" to transatlantic travel, the largest passenger group making the [[transatlantic crossing]] were immigrants from Europe to the United States, and NDL carried more than any other steamship line.<ref>Keeling, Drew (2014), business-of-migration.com [http://www.business-of-migration.com/data/migration-flow-statistics/north-atlantic-1815-1914/ "North Atlantic migration flows"]</ref> During 1900–1914, the three NDL vessels carrying the most transatlantic migrants, {{SS|Rhein|1899|2}}, {{SS|Main|1900|2}} and {{SS|Neckar|1901|2}}, each brought over 100 thousand steerage passengers to New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia.<ref>Keeling, Drew (2014), [http://www.business-of-migration.com/data/voyage-database/ "Voyage Database"]</ref> The economic downturn following the [[Panic of 1907]] led to a sharp fall-off of migrant traffic to America, only partially offset by increased steerage flows back to Europe, and this was the main contributing factor to "one of the blackest years in the Company's history."<ref>NRP Bonsor, ''North Atlantic Seaway'', p. 532, Mark Wyman, ''Round-Trip to America'' (1993), p. 74</ref>

In 1914, NDL employed approximately 22,000 people. Its success thus directly influenced the rapid growth of the city of [[Bremerhaven]], which had been founded only in 1827.

Director General Dr. Wiegand died in 1909, and was succeeded by Director [[Phillip Heineken]] until 1920.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1918/07/26/archives/sees-big-sea-trade-aim-national-demand-here-for-great-merchant.html |format = pdf |title = Sees Big Sea Trade Aim.; National Demand Here for Great Merchant Fleet, Says Heineken. |newspaper = The New York Times |date = 26 July 1918 |access-date = 2010-01-22 |page = 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115255129 |title= THE GREAT "N.D.L." |newspaper= [[The Evening News (Sydney)|Evening News]] |issue=13,439 |place=Sydney, NSW |date=6 July 1910 |access-date=18 April 2018 |page=7 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref>

====NDL's routes around 1907====
[[File:ID4063 USS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm.jpg|thumb|''Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm'' of 1907]]
[[File:Gdansk Shipyard - SS Columbus (1913).jpg|thumb|''Columbus'' of 1914]]
[[File:Uss Zeppelin 1919.jpg|thumb|''Zeppelin'' of 1915]]
This is a list of routes served by NDL in 1907.<ref>[https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/NDL-1898-History.html History of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company of Bremen (1898)]</ref>

'''Europe – America'''

* Bremerhaven – New York
* Bremerhaven – Baltimore
* Bremerhaven – Savannah
* Bremerhaven – Galveston
* Bremerhaven – Cuba
* Bremerhaven – La Plata ports
* Bremerhaven – Brazil
* Genoa – New York

'''Mediterranean'''

* Marseilles – Alexandria

'''Europe – Asia/Australia'''

* Bremerhaven – East Asia
* Bremerhaven – Australia

'''Asia / Australia (including coastal routes)'''

* Hong Kong – Japan – New Guinea
* Hong Kong – Bangkok
* Hong Kong – Bangkok (via Singapore)
* Hong Kong Straits
* Hong Kong – South Philippines
* Penang – Deli
* Deli – Singapore
* Singapore – Bangkok
* Singapore – South Philippines
* Singapore – Moluccas (on Borneo)
* Singapore – Moluccas (on Celebes)
* Shanghai – Hankow
* Australia – Japan – Manila – Hong Kong

'''German coast'''

*Daytrip service on the Baltic coast
*Tug service Bremen – Hamburg and Bremen – Bremerhaven
*Passenger shipping Bremen – Bremerhaven

===World War I===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00383, Dampfer "Columbus".jpg|thumb|The second ''Columbus'' of 1924]]
For NDL as a civilian shipping line, the beginning of World War I was a trial, as well as a logistical challenge because a large part of the fleet was at sea around the world. However, most ships were able to reach neutral ports. The logistical operations of NDL in [[Bremerhaven]] were placed almost exclusively at the service of the German Navy.<ref name="Citycyclopedia">{{cite book |last=Jackson |first=Kenneth T |year=1995 |title=The Encyclopedia of New York City |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780300055368 |url-access=registration |publisher=[[New–York Historical Society]]; [[Yale University Press]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780300055368/page/854 854]|isbn=978-0300055368}}</ref> NDL owned a majority interest in the ''Deutsche Ozean-Reederei'' ("German Ocean Shipping Service"), which used [[U-boat]]s for trade and made some successful Atlantic crossings.

===Post war===
At the start of the war, the NDL's fleet totaled more than {{GRT|900000|link=off}}. Under the [[Treaty of Versailles]] at war's end, all ships over {{GRT|1600|link=off}} and half of all units from 100 to {{GRT|1600|link=off}} were confiscated.<ref name=Ballin>[http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/about_us/history_between_1886_1918.html Hapag-Lloyd: The Ballin Era] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026161456/http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/about_us/history_between_1886_1918.html |date=2009-10-26}}</ref> The United States had already confiscated in 1917 the facilities in Hoboken and the NDL ships at the dock there. The prewar NDL fleet no longer existed.<ref name="Citycyclopedia"/> The company was left with some small ships totalling {{GRT|57000|link=off}}. With these the company restarted daytrip passenger service, tug service, and freight service in 1919. The 'flagship' was the 781-ton ''Grüß Gott''.<ref>Bessell, p. 135.</ref> From 1920 to 1939, NDL participated in the [[Seedienst Ostpreußen]] passenger and goods service to [[East Prussia]].

In 1920, an air transport subsidiary was founded and soon merged with Sablatnig Flugzeugbau GmbH to form Lloyd Luftverkehr Sablatnig. In 1923 this combined with HAPAG's air transport subsidiary to form Deutscher Aero Lloyd, which on 6 January 1926 merged with Junkers Luftverkehr AG to become Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G., the predecessor of [[Lufthansa]].

In August 1920, the NDL made an agency agreement with the U.S. Mail Steamship Co. (beginning in 1921, [[United States Lines]]). This made it possible to resume transatlantic service from Bremerhaven to New York with the former ''Rhein'', now sailing under the US flag as the ''Susquehanna''.<ref>Bessell, pp. 141, 143.</ref> The unfinished [[SS Columbus (1924)|''Columbus'']] had been awarded to Great Britain after the war and was bought in 1920 by White Star, which had lost significant tonnage in the war and also wished to make up for the pre-war loss of the ''[[RMS Titanic|Titanic]]''. Work at Danzig proceeded very slowly. Finally in autumn 1921 the so-called Columbus Agreement was reached, under which the German government and NDL undertook to facilitate rapid completion of the ''Columbus'' in exchange for the British government returning ownership to the NDL of six smaller ships which had spent the war years in South America: the mail steamships ''Seydlitz'' and ''Yorck'', the ''Gotha'', and the cargo ships ''Göttingen'', {{SS|Westfalen|1905|2}} and ''Holstein''.<ref>Bessell, p. 141.</ref> The company also began to build new freighters and passenger ships and to buy back other ships.<ref>[http://classicliners.nicholaswwilson.com/ships/columbus.htm The Classic Liners of Long Ago: ''Columbus''] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080403080803/http://classicliners.nicholaswwilson.com/ships/columbus.htm |date=2008-04-03}}</ref> In late 1921, service to South America was resumed with the ''Seydlitz'', and in early 1922, East Asian service with the ''Westfalen''. On 12 February 1922, service to New York with NDL's own ships resumed with ''Seydlitz''.<ref>Bessell, p. 143.</ref> The other ship of the Columbus class, the {{GRT|32354|link=off}} former ''Hindenburg'', was completed in 1924 and named [[SS Columbus (1924)|''Columbus'']]; she was placed in scheduled transatlantic passenger service.

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09397, Bremerhaven, Schiffe "Europa" und "Bremen".jpg|thumb|Flagships of North German Lloyd in 1930 – {{SS|Bremen|1928|2}} and {{SS|Europa|1928|2}}, the biggest German liners]]
A brief post-war boom was followed by severe [[inflation]] in Germany, despite which NDL continued to expand their fleet. Twelve new ships of between 8,700 and {{GRT|11400|link=off}} were placed in service for South and Central America and the Far East, then in addition to ''Columbus'' three new ships of between 13,000 and {{GRT|15000|link=off}} for the North Atlantic (the ''München'', ''Stuttgart'' and ''Berlin''), and in 1927 the former {{USS|Zeppelin|1914|2}} was bought back from Great Britain and placed in service as the ''Dresden''.<ref>[http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~cacunithistories/uss_zeppelin.html USS ''Zeppelin'']</ref>

In 1920, [[Carl Stimming]] became director general of NDL, while his predecessor Heineken became chairman of the board. Between 1925 and 1928, the company acquired a number of German shipping companies: HABAL, the [[Roland Line]], and Argo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/roland.htm |work=TheShipsList |title=Roland Line |access-date=2010-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161859/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/roland.htm |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Bessell, p. 151.</ref> The acquisition of the Roland Line brought Ernst Glässel onto the board of directors, where he was to have increasing influence. In 1926, the company were once more able to pay a [[dividend]]. American credit financed continuing expansion and orders for new ships.
[[File:Stamp Bremen (1929).jpg|thumb|left|A German postage stamp representing {{SS|Bremen|1928|2}}]]
In 1929 and 1930, the company put its two largest ships in service, {{SS|Bremen|1928|2}} ({{GRT|51656|link=off}}) and {{SS|Europa|1928|2}} ({{GRT|49746|link=off}}). With an average speed of about {{convert|27.9|kn|km/h}}, both were to take the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossings.<ref name="Citycyclopedia"/> In 1929, ''Columbus'' was completely refitted.

From 1928 to 1939, the volume of passengers travelling between the US and Europe declined sharply. In 1928, the NDL transported about 8% of a passenger volume of 1,168,414 passengers; in 1932, 16.2% of the 751,592 passengers transported; in 1938, around 11% of 685,655 passengers. In addition, there was significant new competition from new Italian, French and British superliners: the Italian {{SS|Rex||2}} ({{GRT|51062|link=off}}) and {{SS|Conte di Savoia||2}} ({{GRT|48502|link=off}}), the French {{SS|Normandie||2}} ({{GRT|79280|link=off}}), and the British {{RMS|Queen Mary||2}} ({{GRT|80744|link=off}}).<ref>{{cite book |last = Gibbs |first = Charles Robert Vernon |title = Passenger Liners of the Western Ocean: A Record of Atlantic Steam and Motor Passenger Vessels from 1838 to the Present Day |publisher = John De Graff |year = 1957}}</ref>

[[File:Bundesarchiv N 1572 Bild-1925-079, Polarfahrt mit Dampfer "München", Advent-Bay.jpg|thumb|''General von Steuben'' of 1923]]
The [[1929 economic crisis]] which began in the US affected the German shipping companies. The NDL and the HAPAG therefore entered into a cooperation agreement in 1930, and beginning in 1935, instituted joint operations in the North Atlantic.<ref>Bessell, pp. 162, 171–73.</ref> The first signs of a merger were visible. By 1932, the NDL was in an economic crisis, with about 5,000 employees let go, salary cuts, and red ink. Glässel was dismissed. The government placed both NDL and HAPAG in trusteeship under [[Siegfried von Roedern]], and following the death of Stimming, [[Heinrich Albert|Heinrich F. Albert]] briefly became head of the NDL, followed after some eighteen months by the [[National Socialist]] [[Rudolph Firle]].<ref>Bessell, pp. 165, 174.</ref><ref>Hartmut Rübner: ''Konzentration und Krise der deutschen Schiffahrt. Maritime Wirtschaft und Politik im Kaiserreich, in der Weimarer Republik und im Nationalsozialismus''. Bremen 2005, {{ISBN|3-89757-238-9}}</ref> Bremen State Councillor [[Karl Lindemann]] was chairman of the board from 1933 to 1945.<ref>Reinhold Thiel, ''Die Geschichte des Norddeutschen Lloyd 1857–1970'', volume 4 1920–1945 Bremen: Hauschild, 2006, {{ISBN|978-3-89757-230-0}}, p. 123 {{in lang|de}}</ref> A programme of economic recovery by divestments and restructuring was initiated. HBAL and the Roland Line became independent companies once more, and other lines took over services to Africa and the Mediterranean. The Nazi regime ordered both NDL and HAPAG to relinquish ships to other lines which were to operate in their regions without competition from other German companies, in particular to [[Hamburg Süd]], the [[Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger Group of Companies|Deutsche Afrika-Linien]] and the [[Deutsche Levante Linie]].<ref>Bessell, pp. 170–71.</ref>

In 1935, the [[SS Scharnhorst (1934)|''Scharnhorst'']], [[SS Gneisenau (1935)|''Gneisenau'']], and [[SS Potsdam (1935)|''Potsdam'']], each with about {{GRT|18000|link=off}}, were placed in service for the Far East. The modernization of the fleet continued and in 1937 the line made modest profits.

In 1939 the {{SS|Erlangen|1929|2}} slipped out of [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]] Harbour (New Zealand) on 28 August, on the eve of [[World War II]], ostensibly for [[Port Kembla, New South Wales]], where she was to have filled her coal bunkers for the homeward passage to Europe. She then headed for the subantarctic [[Auckland Islands]], where she successfully evaded the cruiser {{HMNZS|Leander}}, and re-stocked with food and wood. The freighter then made a desperate and successful escape, using jury-rigged sails, to [[Valparaíso]], Chile, in South America. She then made her way into the South Atlantic where, on 24 July 1941, she was intercepted off Montevideo by {{HMS|Newcastle|C76|6}} and scuttled by her crew.<ref>[[Andrew Geer]]{{who|date=July 2013}} adapted the ''Erlangen''{{'}}s story as a novel, which in turn was adapted as the 1955 film ''[[The Sea Chase]]''.</ref>

In 1939 NDL had in service 70 vessels with a total of {{GRT|562371|link=off}}, including the sail training vessel ''Kommodore Johnsen'' (now the Russian ''[[STS Sedov]]''), 3 daytrip ships, 19 tugs and 125 small ships, and employed 12,255, 8,811 on vessels. Nine further freighters were completed after the outbreak of World War II. This entire fleet was either lost during the war or awarded to the Allies as reparations. ''Columbus'' had to be sunk in 1939; ''Bremen'' burned in 1941; ''[[SS General von Steuben|Steuben]]'' was sunk in the Baltic in 1945 with the loss of some 4,000 lives; ''Europa'', claimed by France, became the ''Liberté'' in 1947.<ref name="Citycyclopedia"/>

The Reich was the primary stockholder in the company, but in 1941/42, NDL was once more privatized and cigarette manufacturer [[Philipp Reemtsma Fürchtegott|Philipp Reemtsma]] became primary stockholder.<ref>Erik, Lindner: ''Die Reemtsmas. Geschichte einer deutschen Unternehmerfamilie'', Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2007, {{ISBN|3-455-09563-1}}</ref> Dr. [[Johannes Kulenkampff]], a board member since 1932, and Richard Bertram, a board member since 1937, became Chairman in 1942.

===After World War II===
At the end of World War II the company's headquarters (which had in any case been sold in 1942<ref>Bessell, p. 182.</ref>) had been severely damaged by bombing and all its large vessels either destroyed or seized. It was left with only the freighter ''Bogotá'', which was in Japan. Relicensed by the American military administration on November 29, 1945 as a "coastal shipping and stevedoring company," it started again, as after World War I, practically from zero, offering tugboat and daytripper services. [[File:MS Gripsholm.jpg|thumb|left|{{MS|Gripsholm|1925|2}}, later NDL's ''Berlin'']] [[File:Two cargo ships of the North German Lloyd in the Chilean port of Antofagasta - 1963.png|thumb|left|Two NDL cargo ships in [[Antofagasta]] – 1963]] [[File:Teilnehmer des vierten großen Bremer NDL-Treffens am 20 Februar 2013.png|thumb|left|Participants of the fourth large Bremer NDL meeting on 20 February 2013]] Kulenkampff and Bertram constituted the Board and there were at first only 350 employees. In 1948, the first Hapag-Lloyd travel agency opened. Business initially consisted of emigration and a limited amount of tourism. Beginning in 1949, German companies were permitted to order and to build ships of up to {{GRT|7200|link=off}}. In 1950, the NDL placed its first post-war orders at the [[Bremer Vulkan]] shipyard, the Rheinstein class ({{GRT|2791|link=off}}, 13 knots).<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Behling |first1 = Helmut |last2 = Thiel |first2 = Reinhold |title = Bremer Vulkan: Ende einer Ära |place = Bremen |publisher = Hauschild |year = 1997 |isbn = 978-3-931785-68-0 |oclc = 40363156 |language = de}}</ref>

After the limitations on German shipping imposed by the Allies were lifted in 1951,<ref>Bessell, p. 183.</ref><ref>"Year by Year 1951" – [[History Channel International]]</ref> the NDL commenced building a new fleet. First it bought older freighters (for example the ''Nabob'', a former American auxiliary aircraft carrier) and had new freighters built between 4,000 and {{GRT|9000|link=off}} and 5,000 and 13,000 [[Deadweight tonnage|DWT]], all with names ending in -''stein''. The line had routes to Canada, New Orleans, the Canary Islands, and beginning in 1953 to the Far East.

Passenger service resumed in 1955 using a rebuilt 1924 Swedish ship, the {{GRT|17993|link=off}} {{MS|Gripsholm|1925|2}}.<ref>Bessell, p. 185.</ref> Renamed ''Berlin'', she was the sixth German ship of that name, the fourth at NDL, and sailed North Atlantic routes. In 1959, the company added the {{GRT|32336|link=off}} {{SS|Bremen|1957|2}} (formerly ''Pasteur''), and in 1965, the {{GRT|21514|link=off}} [[MS Kungsholm (1953)|''Europa'']] (formerly ''Kungsholm''), ''Gripsholm'''s sister ship bought from the [[Swedish American Line]], with a capacity of 843 passengers.<ref name="Citycyclopedia"/> These vessels were first placed in scheduled service to America but soon transferred to cruising. In 1967, the {{GRT|10481|link=off}} express freighter ''Friesenstein'' (21.5 knots) inaugurated the Friesenstein class and replaced ''Nabob'' and ''Schwabenstein''. Passenger service was running at an increasing deficit, and the rapidly growing [[Intermodal container|container]] traffic required cost-intensive retooling in the freight business. In 1968 NDL inaugurated container service to the USA with the {{GRT|13384|link=off}} ''Weser-Express''; two more container ships were soon added.

Around 1960, NDL had 47 ships, a number that remained almost unchanged until 1970. In 1968, the fleet totaled {{GRT|343355|link=off}} (in 1970, {{GRT|391313|link=off}}) and was the 16th largest shipping company worldwide; HAPAG, with {{GRT|410786|link=off}}, was the 9th largest.<ref>"List of Ship owners," ''Fischer Weltalmanach'' 1971.</ref> In 1970, NDL had a turnover of 515 million DM and share capital of 54 million DM, and employed 6,200 people, 3,500 of them at sea.<ref>{{cite book |last = Gardiner |first = Robert |title = The golden age of shipping: the classic merchant ship, 1900–1960 |place = University of Michigan |publisher = Conway Maritime Press |year = 1994 |isbn = 0-85177-567-5 |pages = 20}}</ref> 
 
In 1967, Claus Wätjen and Dr. Horst Willner, and in 1969 Karl-Heinz Sager, joined the Board. Kulenkampff served on the Board until 1968 and Bertram until 1970. Since the NDL was already executing three quarters of its freight business in association with HAPAG, a merger of the two largest German shipping companies was entirely logical.<ref name=Merger>{{Cite web |url= http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/about_us/history_between_1946_1970.html |title=Hapag-Lloyd: Rebuilding and Merger |access-date=2010-02-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091028030133/http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/about_us/history_between_1946_1970.html |archive-date=2009-10-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On September 1, 1970, the North German Lloyd merged with [[Hamburg America Line]] (HAPAG) to form [[Hapag-Lloyd]] AG, based in [[Hamburg]] with secondary headquarters in Bremen.<ref name="Citycyclopedia"/><ref>Drechsel, p. xii.</ref>

On 20 February 2007, a small group of dedicated, former member of the North German Lloyd organized for the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the shipping company a meeting at the Bremer Ratskeller. This event was very popular, so it was decided to carry out in the following years further meetings. – Meanwhile, the meetings take place annually on the twentieth of February in Bremen in the former Lloyd's building – today Courtyard Marriott hotel.

==Legacy==
[[File:Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, Logo, 1913.jpg|thumb|NDL's emblem on the wall of the former company headquarters at the [[Bremen Hauptbahnhof|Bremen main station]]]]
* The new company has ''Lloyd'' as part of its name.
* The [[Lloyd Werft]] in Bremerhaven, with its headquarters in the former laundry facility, continues the memory of the NDL.
* The former company headquarters on Papenstraße was demolished and replaced by a department store in 1969, but the Große Hundestraße on one side of the site was the first street in Bremen to be privatized, and has been roofed with glass to become a pedestrian mall. It is called ''Lloyd Passage''.<ref name=Passage/>
* The Lloyd baggage department building or Lloyd station on Gustav Deetjen Allee at the [[Bremen Hauptbahnhof|main station in Bremen]], built in 1913 to [[Rudolph Jacobs]]' design, became Hapag-Lloyd's secondary headquarters. The NDL's company emblem adorns the main entrance.<ref>Gerhard Greß: ''Verkehrsknoten Bremen''. EK-Verlag, Freiburg (2006) {{ISBN|3-88255-252-2}}</ref> Almost all company buildings are now in Hamburg and Hanover.<ref>"[http://www.tui-group.com/en/konzern/meta/kontakt/ Contact TUI Group]." TUI AG. Retrieved on 29 May 2009.</ref>
* The [[Lloyd Dynamowerke]] (LDW) in Bremen<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.peterkurze.de/museum/html/werks-chronik.html |title=Werkschronik zu Borgward |access-date=2010-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021053332/http://www.peterkurze.de/museum/html/werks-chronik.html |archive-date=2007-10-21 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Buildings in Bremen and Bremerhaven still bear the marks of former use by the NDL.<ref>Hans Hermann Meyer: ''Die Bremer Altstadt – Wanderungen in die Vergangenheit''. Veröffentlichung des Bremer Landesmuseums für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Focke-Museum (Nr. 107), Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, {{ISBN|3-86108-686-7}}</ref>
* The [[Bremer Bank (German bank)|Bremer Bank]], now absorbed by [[Commerzbank]], was founded by Meier to provide financing.

==Major people==
[[File:Hermann Henrich Meier - Bellstedt - 1890.jpg|thumb|upright|H.H. Meier]]
[[File:Eduard Crüsemann - Wilhelm Amberg - 1860.jpg|thumb|upright|Eduard Crüsemann]]
[[File:Johann G. Lohmann (1830-1892).jpg|thumb|upright|Johann Georg Lohmann]]
[[File:Dietrich Hogemann 3409602634 168aefc8d9 o.jpg|thumb|upright|Dietrich Hogemann]]
* Hermann Henrich Meier, founder and 1857–1888 first Supervisory Board Chairman of the NDL<ref>Wilhelm von Bippen: [http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Meier,_Hermann_Henrich ''Meier, Hermann Henrich'']. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig (1906), P. 291–294.</ref>
* Eduard Crüsemann; 1857–1869 founder and first director of NDL<ref name=Hapag>[http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/about_us/history_between_1847_1885.html Hapag-Lloyd: The Early Years] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090507191903/http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/about_us/history_between_1847_1885.html |date=2009-05-07}}</ref>
* August Hermann Friedrich Neynaber alias HFA or HAF called Hermann Neynaber; (1822–1899) captain of many liners from 1866 to 1881 (''Bremen'', ''Deutschland'', ''Donau'', ''Mosel'', ''Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm'', ''Rhein'')<ref>{{cite book |title= Nautical magazine and journal of the naval reserve, Volume 53 |year= 1884 |publisher= Brown, Son and Ferguson |location= New York Public Library |page= 58 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wggAAAAAMAAJ&q=Hermann+Neynaber&pg=PA58 |access-date= 2010-02-06}}</ref>
* Johann Georg Lohmann, 1877–1892 Director of NDL<ref name=Ballin/><ref>Paul Neubaur: ''Der Norddeutsche Lloyd. 50 Jahre der Entwicklung 1857–1907''. Band I, Fr. Wilh. Grunow, Leipzig 1907. Page 44</ref>
* Hermann Friedrich Bremermann; 1868–1892 Director of the NDL
* Willy Christoffers; Captain from 1886 to 1900
* Georg Plate, from 1887 to the Supervisory Board of the NDL, 1892–1911 Chairman of the NDL
* Dr. [[Heinrich Wiegand]]; 1892–1899 Director and 1899–1909 Director-General of NDL<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1909/03/30/archives/heinrich-wiegand-dead-general-director-of-north-german-lloyd-dies.html |format = pdf |title = Heinrich Wiegand dead. |newspaper = The New York Times |date = 30 March 1909 |access-date = 2010-02-02 |page = 1}}</ref>
* Charles Polack, Captain in 1913 of the {{SS|Kronprinzessin Cecilie||2}}<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1914/03/15/archives/dinner-to-honor-noted-sea-captain-friends-of-capt-polack-to-welcome.html |format = pdf |title = Dinner to honor noted sea captain |date= 15 March 1909 |access-date = 2010-02-02 |page = 1 |newspaper = The New York Times}}</ref>
* Dr. Philipp Heineken, Director-General in 1909–1920, 1920–1933 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NDL<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1915/02/16/archives/says-england-cant-starve-germany-philipp-heineken-north-german.html |format = pdf |title = Says England can't starve Germany |newspaper = The New York Times |date = 16 February 1915 |access-date = 2010-02-04 |page = 1}}</ref>
* Carl Joachim Stimming, Director General, 1921–31<ref>"Carl Joachim Stimming Baruthiae-Erlangen", ''Deutsche Corps-Zeitung'' 48 (1931–1932) pp. 291–93</ref>
* Arnold Petzet; from 1906 to 1927 on NDL's board, responsible for transport within Germany, establishment of the cruise sector<ref>Schwarzwälder, Herbert: ''[[Das Große Bremen-Lexikon]]''. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, {{ISBN|3-86108-693-X}}.</ref>
* Ernst Glässel; 1926 member of the Lloyd Executive Board, 1931–1932 Chairman of the Board<ref>Karl Heinz Schwebel: ''"Haus Seefahrt" Bremen: seine Kaufleute und Kapitäne''. Krohn, Bremen&nbsp;1947,&nbsp;P.&nbsp;76.</ref>
* [[Dietrich Hogemann]], commodore who retired in 1913<ref>{{cite news |title=Capt. Hogemann Makes His Last Voyage After 44 Years Spent at Sea. |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/05/07/100617873.pdf |quote= After the North German Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie, arriving from Bremen yesterday, had been made fast to her pier in Hoboken Capt. Dietrich Hogemann, Commodore of the fleet, announced that it was his last voyage, and that Capt. Charles Polack of the George Washington would succeed him. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=May 7, 1913 |access-date=2009-08-06}}</ref>
* Paul König, 1911 captain, 1916 captain of the U-boat, 1920–1932 Head of the marine department of the NDL<ref>Hartmut Schwerdfeger & Erik Herlyn: ''Die Handels-U-Boote Deutschland und Bremen''. Kurze-Schönholtz & Ziesener Verlag, Bremen 1997, {{ISBN|3-931148-99-8}}</ref>
* Nikolaus Johnsen, captain in 1924 of ''Columbus'', and in 1930 ''Europa'' (III), and commodore of the fleet<ref>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00199A,_Nikolaus_Johnsen.jpg Picture from Commons (used on German Wikipedia in the article <nowiki>''</nowiki>Columbus (1924)<nowiki>''</nowiki> and <nowiki>''</nowiki>Europa (1928)<nowiki>''</nowiki>)]</ref>
* Leopold Ziegenbein, captain and commodore of ''Bremen'' (IV)<ref>Deutsche Post AG: ''Geschichten um das Blaue Band: Rekorde, Legenden, Katastrophen''</ref>
* [[Oskar Scharf]], captain on the ''Europa'' (III)<ref>[http://www.luxurylinerrow.com/ndl.html Luxury Liner Row: Norddeutscher Lloyd]</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Deemed Suspect: A Wartime Blunder |last= Koch |first= Eric |year= 1985 |publisher= Formac Publishing Company |isbn= 0-88780-138-2 |page= 58 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=MCGblmhyKPYC&q=Oskar+Scharf&pg=PA58 |access-date= 2010-02-06}}</ref>
* Adolf Ahrens, captain and commodore of ''Columbus'' and ''Bremen'' (IV)<ref name=Herbert>[[Herbert Schwarzwälder]]: ''Das Große Bremen-Lexikon''. {{Ill|Edition Temmen|de}}, 2003, {{ISBN|3-86108-693-X}}</ref>
* [[Heinrich Albert|Dr. Heinrich F. Albert]], 1932–1933 Director General of the NDL<ref>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13486,_Heinrich_F._Albert.jpg Picture from Commons (the description itself tells about NDL)]</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Gesellschaft und Diplomatie im transatlantischen Kontext: Festschrift für Reinhard R. Doerries zum 65. Geburtstag |last1=Wala |first1=Michael |last2=Doerries |first2=Reinhard R |year=1999 |publisher=Franz Steiner Verlag |isbn= 3-515-07529-1 |page=151 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=foUJ_WotOYwC&q=Heinrich+Albert+lloyd&pg=PA151 |access-date= 2010-02-06}}</ref>
* Friedrich Johann Gottfried Hubert Paffrath, 1929-1941 Superintendent 
* Karl Lindemann (ex State Council), 1933–1945 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NDL<ref>Reinhold Thiel: ''Die Geschichte des Norddeutschen Lloyd 1857–1970, Volume 5, 1945–1970''. Bremen, 2006. p. 123</ref>
* Dr. Rudolph Firle, 1933–1944. Director General of the NDL<ref name=Herbert/>
* Dr. Johnannes Kulenkampff; from 1932 Board Member, from 1942 Executive Board member<ref name=Merger/>
* Richard Bertram; from 1937 Board Member, from 1942 Executive Board member<ref name=Merger/>
* Paul Hampel, director of ship maintenance of the NDL of about 1950 to 1970
* Heinrich Lorenz, captain of the ''Berlin'' (IV)<ref>Harald Focke: ''Im Liniendienst auf dem Atlantik. Neue Erinnerungen an die Passagierschiffe BERLIN, BREMEN und EUROPA des Norddeutschen Lloyd''. Hauschild Verlag, Bremen, 2006. {{ISBN|978-3-89757-339-0}}</ref>
* Günter Rössing, captain of the ''Bremen'' (V)<ref>Focke, Harald: ''Bremens letzte Liner. Die großen Passagierschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd nach 1945''. Hauschild Verlag, Bremen 2002, {{ISBN|3-89757-148-X}}</ref>

==Fleet==
{{Incomplete list|date=December 2008}}
This is a list of all ships in service of the NDL. Some of the ships were owned previously by other companies.<ref name="Ships list"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Name
!Tonnage
!Shipyard
!class="unsortable"|Fate/Status
|-valign=top
|1858
|''Bremen'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2674}}
|[[Caird & Company|Caird & Co. Ltd.]], Greenock
|1874 sold to E.Bates, Liverpool, converted to sail
|-valign=top
|1858
|''New York''
|align=right|{{GRT|2674}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1874 sold to E.Bates, Liverpool, converted to sail; wrecked off Staten Island and sank in 1891
|-valign=top
|1858
|''Hudson''
|align=right|{{GRT|2266}}
|{{nowrap|Palmer Bros. & Co. Ltd., Yarrow}}
|1858 burned out at Bremen, rebuilt and in 1863 became ''Louisiana'' for [[National Line]]
|-valign=top
|1858
|''Weser'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2266}}
|Palmer Bros. & Co. Ltd., Yarrow
|1859 sold to French Navy
|-valign=top
|1861
|''Hansa'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2992}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1879 sold to shipbuilders in part exchange for ''Hansa'' (II)
|-valign=top
|1863
|''America'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2752}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1894 sold to Italy, renamed ''Orazio''
|-valign=top
|1865
|''Hermann''
|align=right|{{GRT|2713}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1893 sold to shipbuilder in part exchange for ''H.H. Meier''
|-valign=top
|1866
|{{SS|Deutschland|1866|2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|2947}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1875 wrecked in Thames Estuary; loss of 57 lives
|-valign=top
|1867
|''Union''
|align=right|{{GRT|2880}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1870 wrecked on Rattray Head, Aberdeen; no loss of life
|-valign=top
|1867
|{{SS|Weser|1867|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|2823}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1896 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1868
|''Rhein'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2901}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1891 sold to Gray, Liverpool
|-valign=top
|1868
|''Main'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2899}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1891 sold to Anglo-American SS Co.
|-valign=top
|1868
|[[S. S. Baltimore|''Baltimore'']]
|align=right|{{GRT|2316}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1894 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1868
|''Berlin'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2334}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1894 sold to Italy, renamed ''M. Bruzzo''
|-valign=top
|1869
|''Donau'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2896}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1889 sold to H. Bischoff, Bremen
|-valign=top
|1869
|''Ohio''
|align=right|{{GRT|2393}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1894 sold to shipbuilder in part exchange for new ships, resold to Italy and renamed ''Amazzone''
|-valign=top
|1869
|''Leipzig'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2384}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1894 sold to Hamburg owners
|-valign=top
|1869
|''Frankfurt'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2582}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1894 sold to shipbuilder in part exchange for new ships
|-valign=top
|1869
|''Hanover'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2571}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1894 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1870
|''Cologne'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2556}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1895 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1870
|''Koln'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|2555}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1895 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1871
|''König Wilhelm I''
|align=right|{{GRT|2400}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1873 stranded at Holland; no life lost.
|-valign=top
|1871
|{{nowrap|''Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm''}}
|align=right|{{GRT|2387}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1897 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1871
|''Graf Bismarck''
|align=right|{{GRT|2393}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1898 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1872
|''Strasburg'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|3025}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1896 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1872
|''Mosel'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|3114}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1882 wrecked Cornwall; no life lost.
|-valign=top
|1873
|''Braunschweig''
|align=right|{{GRT|3079}}
|R. Steele & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1896 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1873
|''Feldmarschall Moltke''
|align=right|{{GRT|3060}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock 
|1875 sold to [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company|P&O]] and renamed ''Assam''
|-valign=top
|1873
|''Minister Roon''
|align=right|{{GRT|3066}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1875 sold to P&O and renamed ''Siam''
|-valign=top
|1873
|''Hohenzollern'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|3092}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1899 sold to Hong Kong
|-valign=top
|1874
|''Nürnberg'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|3116}}
|R. Steele & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1895 sold to F.Raben, Vegesack, scrapped
|-valign=top
|1874
|''Hohenstaufen''
|align=right|{{GRT|3090}}
|[[Earle's Shipbuilding|Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd.]], Hull
|1897 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1874
|''Oder'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|3158}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1887 wrecked at [[Socotra]] Islands
|-valign=top
|1874
|''Neckar'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|3120}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1896 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1874
|''General Werder''
|align=right|{{GRT|3020}}
|Caird & Co. Ltd., Greenock
|1892 given for new building in payment
|-valign=top
|1875
|''Salier''
|align=right|{{GRT|3083}}
|Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull
|1896 wrecked on Spanish coast; loss of 279 lives
|-valign=top
|1876
|''Habsburg''
|align=right|{{GRT|3094}}
|Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull
|1898 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1881
|{{SS|Elbe|1881|2}} (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|4510}}
|[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company|John Elder & Co. Ltd.]], Glasgow
|1895 sank after collision in the [[English Channel]] (332 dead)
|-valign=top
|1882
|''Werra'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|4815}}
|John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1901 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1883
|''Fulda'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|4814}}
|John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow 
|1899 rebuilding aborted after heavy damage and scrapped
|-valign=top
|1884
|''Eider'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|5129}}
|John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1892 stranded at Isle of Wight, refloated and scrapped
|-valign=top
|1884
|''Ems'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|5129}}
|John Elder & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|Sold to [[Elder Dempster Lines]], renamed ''Lake Simcoe''
|-valign=top
|1886
|''Aller'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|4964}}
|[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd.]], Glasgow
|1904 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1886
|[[SS Stettin (1886)|''Stettin'']]
|align=right|{{GRT|2178}}
|[[AG Vulcan Stettin]]
|1931 scrapped<ref name=Lloyds1>{{cite web |url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=30b1021.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register |volume=Steamers & Motorships |year=1930 |place=London |via=Southampton City Council |access-date=18 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318235821/http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=30b1021.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|-valign=top
|1886
|''Trave'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|4996}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1908 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1886
|''[[Saale (ship)|Saale]] '' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|4967}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1901 sold
|-valign=top
|1886
|''Preussen''
|align=right|{{GRT|4577}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1909 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1887
|''Lahn'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|5097}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1904 sold
|-valign=top
|1887
|''Bayern''
|align=right|{{GRT|4574}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1909 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1887
|''Sachsen''
|align=right|{{GRT|4571}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1909 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1888
|''Dresden'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|4802}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1903 renamed ''Helius'', 1906 sold to Turkish Government and renamed ''Bezmi-i-Alem'', 1914 sunk Black Sea
|-valign=top
|1889
|''Kaiser Wilhelm II'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|6990}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1900 rebuilt to {{GRT|6668}}, 1901 Renamed ''Hohenzollern'' (II), 1908 stranded at Sardinia, refloated and scrapped
|-valign=top
|1889
|''München'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|4803}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1902 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1889
|''Karlsruhe'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|5347}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1908 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1889
|''Stuttgart'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|5349}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow 
|1908 sold to be scrapped
|-valign=top
|1890
|''Darmstadt''
|align=right|{{GRT|5316}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1911 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1890
|''Gera'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|5319}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1909 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1890
|[[Russian merchant cruiser Ural (1904)|''Spree'']] (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|6963}}
|[[AG Vulcan Stettin|AG Vulcan]], Stettin
|1899: rebuilt and renamed to {{GRT|7840}} ''Kaiserin Maria Theresia''. 1904 sold to Russian Navy, renamed ''Ural''
|-valign=top
|1891
|''Havel'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|6963}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1898 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1891
|''Oldenburg''
|align=right|{{GRT|5317}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1911 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1891
|''Weimar''
|align=right|{{GRT|5316}}
|Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Glasgow
|1908 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1892
|''H. H. Meier''
|align=right|{{GRT|5481}}
|[[Armstrong, Mitchell and Company|Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Ltd.]], Newcastle
|1901 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1893
|''Pfalz'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|3874}}
|[[Wigham Richardson|Wigham Richardson & Co. Ltd.]], Newcastle
|1904 sunk
|-valign=top
|1893
|''Mark'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|3936}}
|Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Ltd., Newcastle 
|1915 Sunk by [[Royal Navy]] off [[Tanga, Tanzania]]
|-valign=top
|1894
|''Prinzregent Luitpold''
|align=right|{{GRT|6288}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1914 laid up in [[Messina]]; 1915 seized by Italy, renamed ''Pietro Calvi''
|-valign=top
|1894
|''Prinz Heinrich''
|align=right|{{GRT|6263}}
|[[Schichau-Werke]], Danzig
|1914 laid up in [[Lisbon]]; 1916 seized by Portugal, renamed ''Porto''
|- 
|1894
|{{SS|Wittekind||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|4997}}
|[[Blohm + Voss|Blohm & Voss AG]], Hamburg 
|1914 laid up in [[Boston]]; 1917 seized by [[United States Shipping Board]], renamed ''Iroquois''
|-valign=top
|1894
|{{SS|Willehad||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|4761}}
|Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg
|1914 laid up in [[Boston]]; 1917 seized by US Shipping Board, renamed ''Wyandotte''
|-valign=top
|1896
|{{SS|Friedrich der Große||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|10531}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1914 laid up in [[New York City]]; 1917 seized by US Shipping Board, renamed ''Huron''
|-valign=top
|1897
|{{SS|Coblenz||2}} (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|3169}}
|Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg
|1914 interned in Manila; 1917 seized by U.S.
|-valign=top
|1897
|{{SS|Barbarossa||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|10769}}
|Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg
|1914 laid up in [[New York City]]; 1917 seized by US Shipping Board, renamed ''Mercury''
|-valign=top
|1897
|{{SS|Königin Luise|1896|2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|10566}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 to [[Orient Line]], renamed ''Omar''
|-valign=top
|1897
|{{SS|Bremen|1897|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|10522}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 to [[Byron Line]], renamed ''Constantinople''
|-valign=top
|1897
|{{nowrap|{{SS|Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse||2}}}}
|align=right|{{GRT|14349}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1914 became German armed merchant cruiser, 1914 sunk by {{HMS|Highflyer|1898|6}} at Rio de Oro, Spanish Sahara
|-valign=top
|1898
| ''[[SS Burdigala|Kaiser Friedrich]]'' 
|align=right|{{GRT|12481}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1898 could not reach specified speed, 1899 chartered to HAPAG, 1900–1912 laid up; 1912 sold to [[Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique]], Paris, renamed ''Burdigala''
|-valign=top
|1899
|{{SS|Rhein|1899|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|10058}}
|Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg
|1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Susquehanna''
|-valign=top
|1899
|{{SS|König Albert||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|10643}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1915 seized by Italy and renamed ''Ferdinando Palasciano''
|-valign=top
|1899
|{{SS|Köln|1899|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|7409}}
|Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde
|1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Amphion''
|-valign=top
|1899
|''Hanover'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|7305}}
|Wigham Richardson & Co. Ltd., Newcastle
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation; 1921 repurchased by NDL, rebuilt to 7,438 tons; 1933 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1900
|''Frankfurt'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|7431}}
|Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1922 renamed ''Sarvistan''
|-valign=top
|1900
|{{SS|Großer Kurfürst||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|13183}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Aeolus''
|-valign=top
|1900
|''[[USS Pocahontas (ID-3044)|Prinzessin Irene]]''
|align=right|{{GRT|10881}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Pocahontas''; 1922 re-purchased by NDL, renamed ''Bremen'' (III), 1928 renamed ''Karlsruhe'' (II); 1932 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1900
|{{SS|Princess Alice|1900|2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|10911}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1904 purchased from Hamburg America Line as''Kiautschou'' and renamed ''Princess Alice''<!-- see article for discussion of this correct English spelling of the name of this ship -->. 1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Princess Matoika''
|-valign=top
|1900
|{{SS|Main|1900|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|10067}}
|Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation
|-valign=top
|1900
|''Strassburg'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|5057}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1904 transferred to Hamburg America Line, renamed ''Slavonia''
|-valign=top
|1900
|''Würzburg''
|align=right|{{GRT|5085}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1916 seized by Portugal, renamed ''Sao Vicente''
|-valign=top
|1901
|{{SS|Kronprinz Wilhelm||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|14908}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin 
|1914 became German commerce raider, 1915 interned in [[Newport News, Virginia]], 1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Von Steuben''
|-valign=top
|1901
|{{SS|Neckar|1901|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|9835}}
|Joh. C. Tecklenborg, [[Geestemünde]]
|1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Antigone''
|-valign=top
|1901
|''Cassel''
|align=right|{{GRT|7543}}
|Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde
|1919 ceded to France as war reparation, renamed ''Marechal Gallieni''
|-valign=top
|1901
|{{SS|Breslau|1901|2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|7524}}
|[[Bremer Vulkan]] AG, Vegesack
|1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Bridgeport''
|-valign=top
|1901
|''Petchaburi''
|2.191 GRT
|Georg Seebeck, Bremerhaven
|July 1917 Seized by the Siam Government, renamed ''Kaeo Samud''; December 1920 sunk on trip from Bangkok to Swatow in Gulf of Siam
|-valign=top
|1902
|''Chemnitz'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|7542}}
|Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation
|-valign=top
|1902
|''Brandenburg''
|align=right|{{GRT|7532}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1922 renamed ''Hecuba'' and transferred to Alfred Holt & Co. ([[Blue Funnel Line]])
|-valign=top
|1902
|''Schleswig''
|align=right|{{GRT|6955}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1919 to France as war reparation, 1921 renamed ''General Duchesne'', management was transferred to [[Messageries Maritimes]]
|-valign=top
|1902
|''Erlangen'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|5285}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1917 mined and sunk in North Sea, loss of 19 lives
|-valign=top
|1903
|{{SS|Kaiser Wilhelm II||2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|19361}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin 
|1914 laid up in [[New York City|New York]]; 1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Agamemnon''
|-valign=top
|1903
|''Zieten''
|align=right|{{GRT|8066}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1916 seized by Portugal, renamed ''Tungue''
|-valign=top
|1903
|''Roon''
|align=right|{{GRT|8022}}
|Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde
|1919 ceded to Britain, 1921 to Greece, renamed ''Constantinoupolis''
|-valign=top
|1903
|''Seydlitz''
|align=right|{{GRT|7942}}
|Schichau-Werke, Stettin
|1933 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1903
|''Gneisenau'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|8081}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin 
|1918 seized by Belgium, 1919 sold to Italy, 1921 renamed ''Citta di Genova''
|-valign=top
|1904
|{{SS|Scharnhorst|1904|2}} (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|8131}}
|Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde
|1919 seized by France, 1920 transferred to [[Compagnie Générale Transatlantique|French Line]], renamed ''La Bourdonnais''
|-valign=top
|1904
|{{SS|Prinz Eitel Friedrich|1904|2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|8865}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1914 became German commerce raider, 1915 interned in USA, 1917 seized by USA, renamed ''DeKalb''
|-valign=top
|1906
|''Yorck''
|align=right|{{GRT|8901}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1933 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1906
|''[[SS Nyassa|Bülow]]''
|align=right|{{GRT|9028}}
|Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde
|1914 laid up in [[Lisbon]] / 1916 seized by Portugal, renamed ''Tras-os-Montes''
|-valign=top
|1906
|''[[Orcades (1921)|Prinz Ludwig]]''
|align=right|{{GRT|9630}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin 
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1920 transferred to [[Orient Line]], renamed ''Orcades''
|-valign=top
|1907
|{{SS|Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|17082}}
|Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde
|1920 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 transferred to [[CP Ships|Canadian Pacific Steamship Co.]], renamed ''Empress of China'' then ''Empress of India''
|-valign=top
|1907
|''Gotha''
|align=right|{{GRT|6653}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1933 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1907
|{{SS|Kronprinzessin Cecilie||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|19360}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1914 laid up in [[Boston]], 1917 seized by USA, renamed ''Mount Vernon''
|-valign=top
|1907
|''Kleist''
|align=right|{{GRT|8950}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 to Japan, renamed ''[[Yoshino Maru]]''
|-valign=top
|1907
|''Goeben''
|align=right|{{GRT|8792}}
|[[AG Weser]], Bremen
|1919 to France as war reparation, 1920 transferred to French Line and renamed ''Roussillon''
|-valign=top
|1907
|''Schlesien''
|align=right|{{GRT|5526}}
|[[Flensburger Schiffbau]], [[Flensburg]]
|1914 captured by Royal Navy, 1915 renamed ''Maritime'', then ''Waikawa''
|-valign=top
|1908
|''Derfflinger''
|align=right|{{GRT|9060}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1914 seized by Britain, renamed ''Huntsgreen''; 1923 repurchased by NDL, reverted to ''Derfflinger'', 1932 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1908
|''Lützow''
|align=right|{{GRT|8818}}
|AG Weser, Bremen
|1914 seized by Britain, renamed ''Huntsend''; 1923 repurchased by NDL, reverted to ''Lutzow'', 1933 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1908
|''Giessen''
|align=right|{{GRT|6583}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1921 transferred to [[Ellerman Lines]], renamed ''City of Harvard''
|-valign=top
|1909
|{{SS|George Washington||2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|25570}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin 
|1917 seized by USA
|-valign=top
|1909
|''[[SS Berlin (1908)|Berlin]]'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|17324}}
|AG Weser, Bremen 
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1920 transferred to [[White Star Line]], renamed ''Arabic''
|-valign=top
|1910
|''Coburg'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|6750}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1917 seized by Brazil, renamed ''Pocone''
|-valign=top
|1910
|''Eisenach'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|6757}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1917 seized by Brazil, renamed ''Santarém''
|-valign=top
|1912
|''Sierra Nevada'' (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|8235}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1917 seized by Brazil, renamed ''Bage''
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|1912
|{{SS|Sierra Ventana|I|2}} (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|8262}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1919 seized by France, management transferred to Cie. de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, renamed ''Alba''
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|1913
|{{SS|Sierra Cordoba|1913|2}} (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|8226}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|Supply ship for German raiders,<ref>{{cite web |title=Extracts From the Log of the ''Dresden'' With Comments |publisher=The Naval Review, Volume 3 |year=1915 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6hAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA425}}</ref> seized by Peru 1917, renamed ''Callao'', chartered by [[United States Shipping Board]] (USSB) and transferred to U.S. Navy 26 April 1919 and commissioned USS ''Callao'' (ID-4036), decommissioned 20 September 1919.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/callao-ii.html |title=Callao (No. 4036) ii |author=Naval History And Heritage Command |work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> 1922 sold at auction by USSB, renamed ''Ruth Alexander'' by Dollar Steamship Lines<ref>{{cite web |last=USSB |title=Invites Offers on S.S. ''Callao'' (ex-''Sierra Cardoba''|year=1921 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOg_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PR55 |access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=32b0774.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register 1932–33 |author=Lloyds |publisher=Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData) |access-date=25 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225182530/http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=32b0774.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
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|1913
|''Sierra Salvada''
|align=right|{{GRT|8227}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1917 seized by Brazil, renamed ''Avare''
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|1913
|{{SS|Pfalz|1913|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|6557}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1914 captured by Britain, renamed ''Boorara''
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|1913
|''Pommern''
|align=right|{{GRT|6557}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1914 captured by Britain, renamed ''Boorara''
|-valign=top
|1914
|{{SS|Columbus|1914|2}} (I)
|align=right|{{GRT|33526}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1919 ceded to Britain as war reparation, 1920 transferred to [[White Star Line]], renamed ''Homeric''
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|1915
|{{USS|Zeppelin|1914|2}}
|align=right|{{GRT|14167}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1920 ceded to Britain as war reparation, transferred to [[Orient Line]], renamed ''Ormuz''; 1927 repurchased by NDL, renamed ''Dresden'' (II); 1934 wrecked on Norwegian coast, loss of 4 lives
|-valign=top
|1922
|''Köln'' (III)
|align=right|{{GRT|9265}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1934 became cargo ship, 1940 wrecked on Swedish coast
|-valign=top
|1922
|''Crefeld'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|9573}}
|Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg
|1934 became cargo ship, 1941 scuttled as blockship at Massawa
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|1922
|''Sierra Nevada'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|8736}}
|AG Vulcan, Stettin
|1925 renamed ''Madrid''; 1935 sold to Hamburg South America Line
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|1922
|''Weser'' (III)
|align=right|{{GRT|9450}}
|AG Weser, Bremen
1926 ''Schwaben'', passenger-cargo ship, 
|1931 laid up, 1933 scrapped
|-valign=top
|1922
|''[[SS Calabria (1922)|Werra]]'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|9475}}
|AG Weser, Bremen
|1935 sold to Italian Line, Genoa and renamed ''Calabria''. 11 June 1940 seized by UK; 8 December 1940 sunk by {{GS|U-103|1940|2}} 
|-valign=top
|1923
|''Sierra Ventana'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|11392}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1935 sold to [[Italian Line]], renamed ''Sardegna''
|-valign=top
|1923
|''[[SS General von Steuben|München]]'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|13325}}
|AG Vulkan, Stettin 
|1931 renamed ''General Von Steuben'', 1938 renamed ''Steuben''; 1945 torpedoed and sunk by Russian submarine in [[Baltic Sea]], loss of over 2,700 lives.
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|1924
|''Sierra Córdoba'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|11469}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1935 sold to [[Nazi]] [[Deutsche Arbeitsfront]] for [[Strength Through Joy]] cruising. 1945 captured by Britain, 1948 sank under tow
|-valign=top
|1924
|''Sierra Morena''
|align=right|{{GRT|11430}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1935 sold to [[Nazi]] [[Deutsche Arbeitsfront]] for [[Strength Through Joy]] cruising, renamed ''Der Deutsche''. 1946 became Russian-owned ''Asia''
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|1924
|''Saarbrücken''
|align=right|{{GRT|9429}}
|AG Weser, Bremen
|1935 sold to Italian Line, renamed ''Toscana''
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|1924
|''Coblenz'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|9449}}
|AG Weser, Bremen
|1935 sold to Italian Line, renamed ''Sicilia''
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|1924
|''Trier'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|9415}}
|AG Weser, Bremen
|1936 wrecked off Spain, salvaged and sold to Turkey as submarine depot ship ''Erkin''
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|1924
|''Fulda'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|9492}}
|AG Weser, Bremen 
|1940 sold to Japan, renamed ''Teikoko Maru''
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|1924
|''Stuttgart'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|13367}}
|AG Vulkan, Stettin
|1938 sold to [[Nazi]] [[Deutsche Arbeitsfront]] for [[Strength Through Joy]] cruising; 1943 bombed and sunk at Gdynia
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|1924
|{{SS|Columbus|1924|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|32354}}
|Schichau-Werke, Danzig
|1939 scuttled in Atlantic Ocean to avoid capture by Royal Navy during World War II
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|1925
|''[[SS Admiral Nakhimov|Berlin]]'' (III)
|align=right|{{GRT|15286}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1945 mined and sunk off Swinemunde; 1948 refloated, repaired, and renamed ''Admiral Nakhimov'' for USSR; 1986 sank in Black Sea after collision
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|1926
|''Franken''
|align=right|{{GRT|7789}}
|Bremer Vulkan AG, Vegesack
|1940 seized by the Netherlands, renamed ''Wangi Wangi''<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=Wangi Wangi|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/948.html|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
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|1927
|''Arucas''
|align=right|{{GRT|3359}}
|Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg
|1940 scuttled in North Atlantic to avoid capture by Royal Navy during World War II
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|1929
|{{SS|Bremen|1929|2}} (IV)
|align=right|{{GRT|51656}}
|AG Weser, Bremen 
|1940 accommodation ship at Bremerhaven, 1941 burnt out in Bremerhaven, 1946 scrapped
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|1929
|''Erlangen'' (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|6101}}<!-- not checked -->
|Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg
|1941 intercepted off Montevideo by {{HMS|Newcastle|C76|6}} and scuttled by her crew
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|1930
|{{SS|Europa|1930|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|49746}}
|Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg
|1945 taken over by US Navy, renamed {{USS|Europa|AP-177|6}}, 1950 became [[Compagnie Générale Transatlantique|French Line's]] ''Liberté''
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|1934
|{{SS|Scharnhorst|1934|2}} (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|18184}}
|AG Weser, Bremen
|1942 sold to Japan and converted to aircraft carrier {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shinyo||2}}
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|1935
|[[SS Gneisenau (1935)|''Gneisenau'']] (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|18160}}
|AG Weser, Bremen
|1943 mined and put ashore on [[Lolland|Lolland Island]], later scrapped
|-valign=top
|1935
|[[SS Potsdam (1935)|''Potsdam'']] (II)
|align=right|{{GRT|17528}}
|Blohm & Voss AG, Hamburg
|1945 ceded for war reparations to Britain, 1946 became troopship [[SS Empire Fowey|''Empire Fowey'']]
|-valign=top
|1955
|{{MS|Berlin|1925|2}} (IV)
|align=right|{{GRT|18600}}
|[[Armstrong Whitworth|Armstrong, Whitworth & Co.]], Newcastle
|1954 acquired from [[Swedish American Line]] as [[MS Gripsholm (1925)|''Gripsholm'']] by Bremen Amerika Line, jointly operated by Swedish America and NDL. 1955 renamed ''Berlin'' (IV), 1959 fully owned by NDL, 1966 scrapped.
|-valign=top
|1959
|{{SS|Bremen|1957|2}} (V)
|align=right|{{GRT|32336}}
|[[Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire|Chantiers et Ateliers de St. Nazaire]]
|1959 purchased from Cie. de Navigation Sud-Atlantique as [[SS Pasteur (1939)|''Pasteur'']], renamed ''Bremen''. 1970 owned by Hapag-Lloyd after the merger of NDL and HAPAG; 1972 sold to [[Chandris Lines]], Piraeus, renamed ''Regina Magna'', 1977 sold to Philippine Singapore Ports Corporation and renamed ''Saudiphil&nbsp;I'' as a floating hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1980 sold as ''Filipinas Saudi I'' to Philsimport International in Hong Kong, 1980 sunk in [[Indian Ocean]] while in tow to Taiwanese ship breaker
|-valign=top
|1965
|{{MS|Europa|1953|2}} (IV)
|align=right|{{GRT|21514}}
|De Schelde N.V., Vlissingen
|1965 bought from [[Swedish America Line]] as {{MS|Kungsholm|1953|2}}, renamed ''Europa''. 1970 owned by Hapag-Lloyd after the merger of NDL and HAPAG. 1981 sold to Panama, renamed ''Columbus C''
|-valign=top
|Unknown
|Prinz Waldemar 
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|Unknown
|Steamship on the USA–Japan–Australia route, along with ''Prinz Sigismund''. In use by 1903. In about 1917, it became the Parr-McCormick Company steamship ''Wacouta''.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162757227 |title=25 years ago |newspaper=[[Daily Cargo News|Daily Commercial News And Shipping List]] |issue=16,790 |place=Sydney, NSW |date=11 November 1942 |access-date=26 August 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}</ref> The vessel again renamed ''Prinz Waldemar'' was wrecked near Kingston, Jamaica, by 1926.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112533603 |title=When his ship goes down. |newspaper=[[The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate]] |place=Port Macquarie, NSW |date=26 June 1926 |access-date=26 August 2019 |page=8 |via=Trove}}</ref>
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|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* Buchholz, Jörn/Focke, Harald: ''Auf Lloyd-Frachtern. Erinnerungen 1957 bis 1964''. Hauschild, Bremen, 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-89757-374-1}}
* Focke, Harald: ''Bremens letzte Liner. Die großen Passagierschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd nach 1945''. Hauschild, Bremen, 2002, {{ISBN|3-89757-148-X}}
* Focke, Harald: ''Mit dem Lloyd nach New York. Erinnerungen an die Passagierschiffe BERLIN, BREMEN und EUROPA''. Hauschild, Bremen, 2004, {{ISBN|3-89757-251-6}}
* Focke, Harald: '' Im Liniendienst auf dem Atlantik. Neue Erinnerungen an die Passagierschiffe BERLIN, BREMEN und EUROPA des Norddeutschen Lloyd''. Hauschild, Bremen, 2006, {{ISBN|978-3-89757-339-0}}
* Kludas, Arnold: ''Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd: 1857–1970'' (2 vols). Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Herford, 1991 / 1992
* Reinke-Kunze, Christiane: ''Die Geschichte der Reichs-Post-Dampfer-Verbindung zwischen den Kontinenten 1886-11914'', Herford 1994, {{ISBN|3-7822-0618-5}}.
* Wiborg, Susanne,  und Klaus Wiborg: ''1847–1997, Mein Feld ist die Welt – 150 Jahre Hapag-Lloyd'', Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hamburg 1997.
* Rübner, Hartmut: ''Konzentration und Krise der deutschen Schiffahrt. Maritime Wirtschaft im Kaiserreich, in der Weimarer Republik und im Nationalsozialismus''. Hauschild, Bremen 2005
* Thiel, Reinhold: ''Die Geschichte des Norddeutschen Lloyd: 1857–1970'' (5 vols). Hauschild, Bremen 2001
* Witthöft, Hans Jürgen: ''Norddeutscher Lloyd''. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Herford, 1973, {{ISBN|3-7822-0088-8}}
* Dirk J. Peters (Hrsg.): ''Der Norddeutsche Lloyd – Von Bremen in die Welt – „Global Player“ der Schifffahrtsgeschichte''. Hauschild, Bremen, 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-89757-360-4}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.schiffe-maxim.de/NDL.htm Fleet information] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.norwayheritage.com/gallery/gallery.asp?categoryid=33 Gallery of NDL's fleets at Norway-Heritage]
* [https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Passengers/NorthGermanLloyd/index.html Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen Passenger Lists 1881-1938] GG Archives
* [http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/NDL.html Postcards of NDL]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180806120950/http://steamshipdresden1888.com/ SS Dresden]
* [http://www.lastoceanliners.com/cgi/lolline.pl?NGL The Last Ocean Liners – North German Lloyd] – trade routes and ships of North German Lloyd in the 1950s and 60s
* {{PM20|FID=co/045224|TEXT=Documents and clippings about|NAME=}}
*[https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/SteamshipLines/NorthGermanLloyd.html North German Lloyd History and Ephemera] GG Archives [https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/SteamshipLines/NorthGermanLloyd01.html 1881-1927] [https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/SteamshipLines/NorthGermanLloyd02.html 1928-1935] [https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/SteamshipLines/NorthGermanLloyd03.html 1936-1995]
*[https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/ImmigrantShips/Hohenzollern.html GG Archives: SS Hohenzollern Brief History and Steerage Passenger List]
*[https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/ImmigrantShips/Neckar.html GG Archives: SS Neckar (1901) Brief History, Sailing Schedules, Menus, Photographs.]
*[https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/ImmigrantShips/Werra.html GG Archives: SS Werra Archival Collection Includes Passenger Lists, Brochures, Passage Contracts, Menus, etc.]

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