PRINZESSIN / GENERAL VOYRON

PRINZESSIN WAS BUILT IN 1905 FOR THE DEUTSCHE OST AFRIKA LINE AFRICAN PASSENGER SERVICE.

SHE WAS  MANAGED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION ON BEHALF OF THE SHIPPING COMPANY AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR WHEN SHE HAD BEEN CEDED TO GREAT BRITAIN .

SHE HAD ALSO BEEN MANAGED BY THE UNION CASTLE LINE.

IN 1921 SHE WAS PASSED OVER TO FRANCE AS WAR COMPENSATION AND RE-NAMED " GENERAL VOYRON " FOR MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

PRINZESSIN WAS 6387 TONS. SHE WAS USED TO FERRY AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS HOME AFTER THE END OF THE WAR.

SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1934