Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1918. COMMANDEERED GERMAN SHIPS.
THE total tonnage oi' ships which formerly Dew Iho Gorman or Austrian flay ami now ready for service and mostly employed in bringing American men and materials to France,' is approximately 500,000. Among the considerable number that have already arrived safely at allied ports are the Leviathan (formerly called the Vaterland), 53,000 tons, the largest liner in the world), and 15 other of the largest German ships-America (formerly Amerika), 22,622 tons; Covington (formerly (Cincinatti), 16,339 tons; President Lincoln (formerly President Grant), 18,072 tons; Powhaten (formerly Hamburg), 10,531 tons; Madegaska (formerly Konig Wilhelm IL), 9,410 tons; George Washington (formerly George Washington), 25,570 tons; Mt. Vernon (formerly Kronprinz Cecilie), 19,503 tons; Agamemnon (formerly Kaiser Wilhelm HI.), 19,361 tons; Eeolus (formerly Grosser Kurfurst), 13,102 tons; Mercury (formerly Barba fossa), 10,984 tons; Pocohontas (formerly PHnzess Irene), 10,893 tons; Huron, (formerly Friedrich dor Grosse), 10,771 tons; gtubep (formerly Kronprinz Wilhelm), 14,008 tons; Baron de Kals (formerly Frame Eitel Friedrich), 8,797 tons.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1817, 23 April 1918, Page 2
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165Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1918. COMMANDEERED GERMAN SHIPS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1817, 23 April 1918, Page 2
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