TANNENFELS / BASILIN / HUNSLETT / WAGANDA 

BUILT IN 1898 BY WIGHAM RICHARDSON ON TYNESIDE. SHE WAS LAUNCHED FOR THE HANSA LINE OF BREMEN IN THE SAME YEAR. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 5,462 TONS.

IN 1914 SHE WAS USED IN THE PACIFIC BY THE GERMAN NAVY AS AN NAVAL AUXILIARY VESSEL. SHE WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH AND RE-NAMED BASILIN AND USED BY THEM AS A SUPPLY VESSEL.

 IN 1915 SHE WAS RE-NAMED HUNSLETT AND RETURNED TO THE U.K.

 IN 1917 SHE WAS PUT UNDER WHITE STAR LINE MANAGEMENT , BUT LATER SHE WAS PUT UNDER UNION CASTLE LINE MANAGEMENT.

IN 1921 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE  WOERMAN LINE AND PUT ON THEIR  AFRICAN SERVICE .

SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN HAMBURG IN 1932. 

 

 

        

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