RMS Germanic (1875)
IMPORTANT:
INFINITE ELECTRIC IS REQUIRED
SPAWNS AT LARGE OIL RIG
Career:
The RMS Germanic was built in 1875, and was the younger sister to the RMS Britannic (1) of 1874. Germanic suffered many accidents in her 1875-1904 White Star service, as listed below:
– August 29th 1876 – SS ‘Circassian’ was fouled by Germanic, damaging Germanic’s rigging
– November 7th 1880 – While departing New York in dense fog a day late, she ran down and sank the Dutch cargo sailing ship ‘Samarang’, sinking in minutes with all saved by Germanic
– January 1883 – Germanic’s propeller shaft was destroyed mid-Atlantic and she finished the voyage under sail
– April 5th 1885 – Struck a rogue wave, smashing her skylights and bridge, flooding her saloon, staterooms, and all lifeboats were torn away. She limped back into Queenstown
– November 20th 1886 – Germanic caught fire at Liverpool, damaging cotton and cheese cargo
– July 19th 1890 – Germanic’s forward spindle broke and she sat idle for 4 hours at sea while her engine was repaired
– November 1st 1891 – Germanic was struck by a storm while bound to Queenstown, with 1 lifeboat smashed but nobody hurt
– December 24th 1891 – Germanic’s crankshaft broke while anchoring at Queenstown, mail and saloon class transferred to Cunard’s Bothnia, steerage and cargo transferred to Adriatic
– December 11th 1895 – Germanic collided with the SS Cumbrae, practically slicing through her. Passengers and mails were transferred to the RMS Adriatic of 1872.
– February 11th 1899 – Germanic, full of ice with coaling doors open, sank at her pier, nearly capsizing to starboard (Model’s sinking based off this)
– October 25th 1899 – At 3AM, a hopper barge tore a 12ft (3m) square hole in her hull. Dominion Line’s RMS Canada took her mail and passenger
– December 21st 1900 – Her port bow was damaged after she collided with Liverpool Landing Stage
– September 23rd 1903 – Started her final voyage for the White Star Line
She was transferred to the American Line for only 6 voyages, and again to Dominion Line where she was renamed to RMS Ottawa (II)
In the winter of 1909, Ottawa was laid up and chances she would be scrapped were climbing. However, the Ottoman Empire saved her and she was renamed to SS Gul Djemal in 1911 and departed Liverpool for the last time on March 15th, 1911.
By 1912, she was serving in the Black Sea and when the First World War broke out, she became a troop ship serving the Ottoman Empire. On May 3rd 1915, the British submarine HMS E-14 torpedoed the Gul Djemal where she was damaged with a compartment flooded, but watertight doors were shut and she arrived in port with great cheer, rumours spread she had foundered with thousands perished. The Gul Djemal was the first Turkish passenger steamship to cross the Atlantic and did so for four voyages from 1920 to 1921. She ran aground on May 15th, 1923 and was salvaged and returned to service as a passenger ferry. In 1928, she was transferred to the Turkish Navigation Administration (Turkiye Seyrisefain Idaresi) and was renamed to SS Gülcemal. In 1931, the Gülcemal ran aground in the Sea of Marmora. She was converted to a storage ship in 1949. Rumours were spread she was to become a hotel ship, but this sadly was never true. She was sold for scrap in Messina, where her 1875 White Star golden stripe could still be seen as she was broken up in 1950.
CREDITS TO:
Liam Sharpe – Provided many images including some builders model and interior illustrations
Hubert – Provided several builders model photographs
Artistics – Helped provide information regarding her refit as Ottawa (Coming soon!)
