Yard number 139 Type Ocean liner Length 168 m Builder Blohm + Voss | Fate Scrapped 1946–1947 Launched 1900 Beam 19 m | |
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Name Potsdam (1900–1915)
Stockholm (1915–1929)
Solglimt (1929–1940)
Sonderburg (1940–) Owner Holland America Line (1900–1915)
Swedish American Line (1915–1929)
First German Whaling Company (1940–) Tonnage 12,835 GRT
8,044 NRT
12,606 DWT | ||
SS Potsdam was an ocean liner built in 1900 by the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany for the Holland America Line (HAL) for transatlantic service from Rotterdam to New York. She was the largest ship operated by HAL at the time.
In 1915 the ship was sold to the newly founded Swedish American Line and renamed SS Stockholm for transatlantic service from Gothenburg to New York. In 1929 she was sold to Norwegian interests and converted to the whale factory ship SS Solglimt. Following the German invasion of Norway in 1940 Solglimt was captured by the Kriegsmarine, transferred to the First German Whaling Company and renamed SS Sonderburg.
Sonderburg was scuttled by German troops in 1944 to block entrance to Cherbourg harbour. In 1946 she was partially demolished to clear the shipway, with the final remains towed to the United Kingdom in 1947 to be scrapped.