Name SS Abessinia Tonnage 5.203 million kg | Launched 1900 | |
Fate Wrecked, 3 September 1921 Propulsion 642 hp (479 kW) triple-expansion steam engine Builder Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | ||
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.
Later she was surrendered to the Allied nations, repaired, and arrived at Hamburg on 3 August 1920. She left Hamburg for the UK, in ballast, and was wrecked on 3 September 1921 on Knivestone, Farne Islands. Considered to be the largest wreck on the Farnes, she remains popular with divers and her broken bow section, anchor and chain lie to the west side of the Knivestone Reef.
She sits at a depth of 18m at 55°39.950′N 001°36.049′W.