1904 Cobra German Ballin Nordsee Linie Ocean Liner Postcard Paddle Steamer

Published by Schwartz & Dathe, Trier

Posted with Deutsches Reich 5 stamp designed by Paul Eduard Waldraff

Ballin's Dampfschiff-Rheederei-Gesellschaft / Nordsee-Linie Dampfschiffahrts AG

Founded in 1889 by Albert Ballin, who was the director and driving force of the HAPAG company's ocean liner business and as such, one of the most important businessmen in Imperial Germany, to serve Germany's seaside resorts from Hamburg. The company became the Nordsee-Linie in 1897 before being absorbed into the HAPAG company in 1904.

Launched on March 2nd 1889 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering at Glasgow, Scotland

Dimensions: 80.7 m x 10.1 m

1146 Gross Registered Tonnes

Ordered by the well-known Burns Line of Glasgow which dominated the Glasgow to Northern Ireland trade

Not taken into the Burns fleet she was briefly owned by North Wales interests and named St Tudno

Sold almost immediately during 1890 to the Ballin company at Hamburg and renamed Cobra

From 1897 her owners traded as Nordsee-Linie before being taken over by HAPAG in 1905

Served her summers on the Hamburg to Helgoland and Sylt service

In the winter of 1902-1903 she sailed under charter out of Genoa, Italy

Reboilered and refurbished in 1919, passed to French owners as war reparations

HAPAG repurchased the vessel in 1920, sold in December 1921 to breakers.

Watermark appears on photo only, not on postcard.

Antique/Vintage items are sold as is.

No returns.

Shipped by USPS First Class pkg.