Life after Saint Line
Master |
Date
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Left
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Destination
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A Ellis
|
4/1948
|
|
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Career Summary
1922 Built in Germany for Hamburg America Line (HAPAG), who named her Schwarzwald.
1935 H. Vogemann bought her and renamed her Rheingold.
Vessel
|
Built
|
Tonnage
|
Official No
|
Ship Builder
|
Engine Builder
|
Engine Type
|
HP
|
Screws
|
St Ina
|
1922
|
4957
|
167412
|
Deutsche Werft
Hamburg
|
Duncan Stewart
Glasgow
|
Triple Expansion Steam
|
|
1
|
In October 1939 a Royal Navy cruiser captured her, and the United Kingdom government renamed her as the Empire ship Empire Mariner. She survived numerous transatlantic convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic.
In 1946 South American Saint Line bought her and renamed her Saint Ina.
In 1948 Bristol City Line bought her and renamed her Wells City.
In 1951 the Pakistani-owned East & West Steamship Company bought her and renamed her Fausta.
She was scrapped in Pakistan in 1964.