KIGOMA / ALGERIA / TOLEDO

KIGOMA WAS BUILT BY THE REIHERSTIEG SHIPYARD OF HAMBURG FOR THE DEUTSCHE OST AFRIKA LINE  IN 1914 FOR THEIR PASSENGER SERVICE TO AFRICA.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 8,156 TONS. SHE HAD PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION FOR 118 FIRST CLASS AND 417 SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS. SHE HAD TWIN SCREWS, AND WAS CAPABLE OF DOING 15 KNOTS.

 SHE WAS LAID UP FOR MOST OF THE TIME DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. SHE PASSED TO GT BRITAIN IN 1919 AS WAR COMPENSATION AND WAS MANAGED BY  SHAW SAVILL & ALBION ON BEHALF OF THE SHIPPING COMPANY AFTER GERMANY SURRENDERED TO GREAT BRITAIN  BRINGING THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO A CLOSE.

 IN 1921 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ANCHOR LINE AND RE-NAMED "ALGERIA", AND WAS USED ON THEIR GLASGOW TO NEW YORK SERVICE.

 IN 1922 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE HAMBURG AMERICA LINE AND RE-NAMED " OLEDO" .

KIGOMA  WAS 8156 TONS, AND HAD BEEN DESIGNED FOR THE EAST AFRICA TRADE.

SHE WAS USED TO FERRY AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS HOME AFTER THE END OF THE WAR.

SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN SCOTLAND IN 1934.