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Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (ID 3983)


Transport: Built in 1905 by Vulkan Werke, Stettin, Germany; Acquired by the Navy 15 February 1919 and commissioned Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
(ID 3983)
the same day at Paullac, France; Decommissioned 23 December 1919 at New York and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold to the Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd. in 1920; Sold to the Canadian Pacific Line and renamed Empress of Scotland; Sold in December 1930 for scrap; Burned and sank while awaiting scrapping, her remains were broken in in 1931.

Specifications: Displacement 24,581 t.; Length 677' 6"; Beam 77' 4"; Draft 28'; Speed 17.5 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament none.


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Kaiserin Auguste Victoria 114k Halftone reproduction of what may have been a postal card.
U.S. Navy photo NH 52206
Naval Historical Center
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria 91k In port in 1919, probably at New York City.
U.S. Navy photo NH 52207
Naval Historical Center

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