THURINGIA / GENERAL SAN MARTIN / EMPIRE DEBEN

BUILT IN KIEL BY HOWALDSTWERKE FOR THE HAMBURG AMERICA LINE AND LAUNCHED IN 1922.

SHE WAS CHARTERED TO THE HAMBURG SOUTH AMERICAN LINE AND PUT ON THE SOUTH AMERICAN RUN IN 1934 AND RE-NAMED 'GENERAL SAN MARTIN'

SHE WAS SOLD TO THE HAMBURG SOUTH AMERICAN LINE IN IN 1936.

SHE WAS USED AS A ACCOMMODATION VESSEL AND HOSPITAL SHIP IN 1939

SHE WAS GIVEN TO THE U.K IN 1945 AND USED AS A TROOPSHIP WITH THE NEW NAME OF 'EMPIRE DEBEN'.

SHE WAS MANAGED BY SHAW SAVILL AND ALBION, UNTIL 1949 WHEN SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN NEWPORT.