Name Hessen Launched 1905 Length 125 m | Owner Norddeutscher Lloyd Out of service 1914 | |
Builder Tecklenborg, Geestemunde Fate Seized by Australia during World War I | ||
HMAT A45 Bulla was laid down as SS Hessen for the German Line Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1905. It was seized by Australian forces on September 3, 1914, when it sailed into Melbourne, being unaware of the outbreak of World War I and used as a troop transport during the First World War before being transferred to the Commonwealth Government Line in 1918. It was sold in 1926 to W. Schuchmann, and again renamed as Weissesee
Weissesee was bombed and sunk by aircraft at Hamburg, Germany, on 25 July 1943. The wreck was raised in 1949 and scrapped.
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