SS Imperator
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SS Imperator was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, launched in 1912. At the time of her completion in June 1913, she was the largest passenger ship in the world, surpassing the
SS Imperator
Closeup of the bronze figurehead before its removal
Imperator in Hamburg, 1913
Detail of the figurehead after its wings were damaged
Imperator-class ocean liner
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The Imperator-class was a series of three large ocean liners designed and built for the Hamburg America Line. Envisaged by HAPAG chairman, Albert Ballin, the three ships - Imperator, launched in 1912;
SS Imperator
…time of her completion in June 1913, she was the largest passenger ship in the world, surpassing the new White Star liner Olympic. Imperator was the first of a trio of successively larger Hamburg America liners that included Vaterland (later the United States Liner Leviathan) and Bismarck (later the White Star Line…
Photograph of the three Imperator-class liners from left to right: SS Leviathan (former SS Vaterland), RMS Majestic (former SS Bismarck), and RMS Berengaria (former SS Imperator), photographed side by side in Southampton, England after being handed over to the Allies as World War I reparations.
RMS Berengaria photographed during the 1920s.
SS Vaterland at sea, 1914