Starting my 3rd 1:500 waterline model in this forum, and an absolute favourite of mine: HAPAG´s only four stacker and speed record holder DEUTSCHLAND (1900). This fantastic, yet troublesome ship carried three differnet names during her 25-years in service, and her exterior design changed with each new name given to her. First, she served as a transatlantic liner from 1900-1910:
Source: https://passengershipsandliners.fandom.com/wiki/SS_Deutschland_(1900)
When she was outdated in terms of size and speed by Cunards´s LUSITANIA and MAURETANIA, she was converted into a dedicated cruise ship and named after the Kaiser´s daughter VICTORIA LUISE:
Source: https://alchetron.com/SS-Deutschland-(1900)
She cruised until WW1, during which she was laid up in her home port Hamburg. After the war, the allies refused her as reparation, so she remained with the HAPAG (or what was left of it) and put into service as emigrant carrier HANSA:
Source: https://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=hans2
She was an important asset to re-build the company, but became obsolete when the Ballin-class quartett (which featured the next DEUTSCHLAND in 1924) came into service during the 1920s. She was sold and scrapped in 1925.
My plan is to build three models simultaneously, each representing one of her three lifes.
Source: https://passengershipsandliners.fandom.com/wiki/SS_Deutschland_(1900)
When she was outdated in terms of size and speed by Cunards´s LUSITANIA and MAURETANIA, she was converted into a dedicated cruise ship and named after the Kaiser´s daughter VICTORIA LUISE:
Source: https://alchetron.com/SS-Deutschland-(1900)
She cruised until WW1, during which she was laid up in her home port Hamburg. After the war, the allies refused her as reparation, so she remained with the HAPAG (or what was left of it) and put into service as emigrant carrier HANSA:
Source: https://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=hans2
She was an important asset to re-build the company, but became obsolete when the Ballin-class quartett (which featured the next DEUTSCHLAND in 1924) came into service during the 1920s. She was sold and scrapped in 1925.
My plan is to build three models simultaneously, each representing one of her three lifes.
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