SS Abessinia

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Two steamships have borne the name Abessinia, after the German name for the Ethiopian Empire:

SS Abessinia (1900) was a 5,633-ton passenger/cargo ship launched on 16 June 1900, by Palmers', Jarrow, England. Lost on 3 September 1921 on her way to be delivered as war reparations.^[1]
SS Abessinia (1920) was a 1,565-ton cargo ship completed in October 1920, by Bremer Vulkan in Vegesack, Germany. Renamed twice, torpedoed and sunk as the Italian Sebastiano Bianchi by a submarine off Cape Spartivento, Italy, on 13 December 1940.^[2]

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SS Abessinia, a German cargo ship, was built in 1900 by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co. of Newcastle. Constructed of steel and measuring 137.6m x 15.8m x 8.5m she was 5753 gross ton and was equipped with a triple expansion engine & three boilers giving 642 horse power and a speed of 12 ½ knots. Owned by the Hamburg-America Line she was interned by Chile during the war and her machinery damaged by her crew.

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References

↑ "Abessinia (5601391)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 10 September 2012.
↑ "Abessinia (5604792)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 10 September 2012.

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[1] "Abessinia (5601391)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 10 September 2012.

[2] "Abessinia (5604792)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 10 September 2012.

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