ZEPPELIN / ORMUZ / DRESDEN

BUILT IN VEGESACK BY BREMER VULKAN AND LAUNCHED IN 1914 FOR THE NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD LINE AS THE ZEPPELIN, SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 14,588 TONNES. SHE WAS NOT FULLY COMPLETED ON LAUNCH  AND WAS LAID UP FOR THE DURATION OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. SHE WAS CEDED TO BRITAIN AT THE END OF THE WAR AND  MANAGED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE ( NO NAME CHANGE ). SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ORIENT LINE AND UNDERWENT A REFIT IN 1920 AND RE-NAMED ORMUZ. IN 1927 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE GERMAN LINE NDL ( HER ORIGINAL COMPANY ) AND RE-NAMED DRESDEN. IN 1934 SHE HIT A ROCK  NEAR BOKU ISLAND, NORWAY AND WAS BEACHED , BUT LISTED AND WENT OVER ONTO HER SIDE. SHE WAS SCRAPPED AS SHE LAY BY NORWEGIAN BREAKERS FROM STAVANGER.