Sujet

The SS 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse' and Captain Otto Cuppers, c1905

Légende

The SS 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse' and Captain Otto Cuppers, c1905. Passenger liner of the North German Lloyd (Norddeutscher Lloyd) shipping line, 14,349 tons, 627 feet long, 66 feet wide, twin-screw and could steam 22 1/2 knots. The Kaiser Wilhelm was named after the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm I, and launched in 1897. A fire on board killed 100 crew while she was in port at Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, in 1900. She was converted into an auxiliary cruiser and exploded after an encounter with a British ship during the First World War. Postcard.

Date

1905

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F24_173

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

65,9Mo (2,4Mo) / 51,1cm x 32,4cm / 6030 x 3821 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transport mer personnes homme hommes Allemand pays empereur type bateau bateaux géographie couleur royal paquebot endroit siècle redevance capitaine Couleur navire à vapeur les années 10 20e siècle The Print Collector Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse portrait carte postale Anonyme Otto Wilhelm I King of Prussia Guillaume Ier Guillaume Ier, empereur allemand Lloyd Emperor of Germany SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große express liner Schnelldampfer Norddeutscher Lloyd Norddeutscher NDL North German Lloyd Otto Cuppers Cuppers Captain Otto Cuppers Wilhelm I of Pruss portrait carte postale