Name/Title
Hamburg American Line SeriesEntry/Object ID
K0001.58Scope and Content
This series consists of five folders:
The Hamburg American Line is the English name of the Bremen-based Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG), formed in 1847. The line operated between Hamburg and New York via Southampton until 1875 when HAPAG took over the Adler line, and its African, Canadian and South American routes. The line suffered major losses to its fleet during each of the World Wars. Several HAPAG vessels have played important roles in maritime and world history: a HAPAG vessel, "Amerika" was the first to warn HMS Titanic of icebergs on the night of her eventual sinking, during WWII, most vessels of the fleet were put into German service, and many vessels were consequently captured by Allied countries or scuttled by Germany to avoid capture. Immediately prior to the war, a HAPAG vessel "St. Louis" was not allowed to port in Cuba, the USA or Canada to allow its nearly 1,000 fleeing Jewish refugee passengers to disembark. The ship was forced to return to Europe with all aboard.
HAPAG merged with North German Loyd Co. in 1970. The merger yeilded the HAPAG-Loyd AG, which today, is a major freightliner company. HAPAG-Loyd's cruising operations were purchased by TUI AG, (along with the line's shipping operations, in 1998) as a subsidiary of the TUI AG.Collection
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Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication