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{{Short description|German ocean shipping line (1847–1970)}}
{{Distinguish|Hamburg Atlantic Line}}
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[[File:"The Hamburg- American Line" "Twin Screw Express Steamers" 1899 ad in The Mail and Express (New York City), from- A pictorial description of Broadway from The Mail and Express Advertisement 14 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|alt=|"Twin Screw Express Steamers" 1899 ad]]
The '''Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft''' ('''HAPAG'''), known in English as the '''Hamburg America Line''', was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in [[Hamburg]], in 1847. Among those involved in its development were prominent citizens such as [[Albert Ballin]] (director general), Adolph Godeffroy, Ferdinand Laeisz, Carl Woermann, August Bolten, and others, and its main financial backers were [[Berenberg Bank]] and [[H. J. Merck & Co.]] It soon developed into the largest German, and at times the world's largest, shipping company, serving the market created by [[German American#19th century|German immigration to the United States]] and later, immigration from Eastern Europe. On 1 September 1970, after 123 years of independent existence, HAPAG merged with the Bremen-based [[Norddeutscher Lloyd|North German Lloyd]] to form [[Hapag-Lloyd|Hapag-Lloyd AG]].
[[File:"The Greatest Steamship Company in the World" "Twin Screw Express Service" 1899 ad in The Mail and Express (New York City), from- A pictorial description of Broadway from The Mail and Express Advertisement 14 (cropped).jpg|thumb|1899 ad in ''The Mail and Express'' (New York City)|upright=1.6]]

==History==
===Ports served===
[[File:Hamburg-American Lines Piers at Hoboken, NJ.jpg|thumb|Postcard of the view from the water of the Hamburg-American Steamship Lines docks in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], in about 1910]]
[[File:HAPAG PK-1911.JPG|thumb|Postcard from the Hamburg-American Line steamship ''König Friedrich August'', issued 1911]]
[[File:HAPAG Hamburg-American Line 1930.jpg|thumb|Advertisement for the Hamburg-American Line (1930)]]
In the early years, the Hamburg America Line exclusively connected European ports with North American ports, such as [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], or [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. With time, however, the company established lines to all continents. The company built a large [[ocean liner]] terminal at [[Cuxhaven]], Germany, in 1900. Connected directly to [[Hamburg]] by a dedicated railway line and station, the HAPAG Terminal at Cuxhaven served as the major departure point for German and European immigrants to North America until 1969 when ocean liner travel ceased. Today it serves as a museum and [[cruise ship]] terminal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hapag-hallen-cuxhaven-eng.jimdo.com/history/ |title=Hapag Halle Museum Cuxhaven |access-date=2014-10-15 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132940/http://hapag-hallen-cuxhaven-eng.jimdo.com/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:HAPAG-Plakat Mediterranean and Orient Cruises von Otto Arpke 1931 Sammlung Marc Wegner Berlin.png|thumb|Poster by [[Otto Arpke]] (1931)]]

===Atlas Service===
The Atlas Service sailed from New York to [[Jamaica]], [[Haiti]], [[Colombia]], [[Central America]].<ref name="GGA">{{cite web |title=Atlas Line Service – Hamburg-American Line – 1905 |url=https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Brochures/HAPAG-1905-AcrossTheAtlantic.html |website=www.ggarchives.com |publisher=GG Archives |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> The service was described as a way to "escape the rigors of Northern winters" through taking a Caribbean cruise and was promoted to tourists.<ref name="GGA"/> The ships ''Altai'', ''Sarnia'', ''Sibiria'', ''Alleghany'', ''Alene'', ''Adirondack'', ''Valdivia'', and ''Graecia'' provided this service in 1906.<ref name="GGA"/>

===Notable journeys===
In 1858, its liner {{SS|Austria||2}} sank, killing 449 people. In 1891, the cruise of the ''[[Augusta Victoria (ship)|Augusta Victoria]]'' in the Mediterranean and the Near East from 22 January to 22 March, with 241 passengers including Albert Ballin and wife, is often stated to have been the first passenger cruise. [[Christian Wilhelm Allers]] published an illustrated account of it as "[[Baksheesh|Bakschisch]]". In 1897, its steamer ''Arcadia'' was wrecked on the rocks off Newfoundland.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Rescue_of_the_Arcadia_%28letter%29.png |title=The Rescue by Rossmore |date=26 May 1897}}</ref> In 1900, 1901 and 1903 its liner {{SS|Deutschland|1900|2}} won the [[Blue Riband]] taking the prize from the ''[[Kaiser-class ocean liner|Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse]]''. In 1906 ''[[Prinzessin Victoria Luise]]'' ran aground off the coast of [[Jamaica]]. No people died by the grounding; however, the ship's captain committed suicide after getting all the passengers safely off the ship.<ref name=" MaritimeQuest">{{Cite web |url= http://www.maritimequest.com/daily_event_archive/2005/dec/16_prinzessin_victoria_luise.htm |title=Daily Event for December 16}}</ref> In 1912, its liner [[USS America (ID-3006)|SS ''Amerika'']] was the first ship to warn {{RMS|Titanic||2}} of icebergs.

HAPAG's general director, [[Albert Ballin]], believed that safety, size, comfort and luxury would always win out over speed. Thus he conceived the three largest liners yet to be built, named {{SS|Imperator||2}}, {{SS|Vaterland|1913|2}} and ''[[RMS Majestic (1914)|Bismarck]]''.

==First World War==
The ''Imperator'' and the ''Vaterland'' were briefly in service before the First World War. In 1914, the ''Vaterland'' was caught in port at [[Hoboken, New Jersey]] at the outbreak of World War I and interned by the United States. She was seized, renamed ''Leviathan'' after the declaration of war on Germany in 1917, and served for the duration and beyond as a troopship. In 1917, its liner ''Allemannia'' was "torpedoed by German submarine near Alicante"; two people were lost.<ref name="Allemannia">{{Cite web |url= http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=alle3 |title=S/S Allemannia (3), Hamburg America Line |access-date=21 May 2012 |publisher= Norway-Heritage}}</ref>

==Postwar reparations==
After the war, the ''Vaterland''/''Leviathan'' was retained by the Americans as [[war reparations]]. In 1919 ''Vaterland''{{'}}s sister ships – ''Imperator'' and the unfinished ''Bismarck'' – were handed over to the allies as war reparations to Britain. They were sold to the [[Cunard Line]] and [[White Star Line]] respectively, and renamed ''Berengaria'' and ''Majestic''. A ship chain in [[Mountain Lakes, New Jersey]] is identified by the historic society as belonging to either the ''Vaterland'' or ''Imperator''. It was acquired in 1921, likely during refurbishments, and now lines a portion of the Boulevard.

In 1939, the HAPAG liner {{MS|St. Louis||2}} was unable to find a port in [[Cuba]], the United States, or Canada willing to accept the more than 950 Jewish refugees on board and had to return to Europe. On 9 April 1940, when German warships attacked [[Kristiansand]], Norway, during [[Operation Weserübung]] (the opening assault of the [[Norwegian Campaign]]), the HAPAG freighter {{MS|Seattle|1928|2}} sailed into the crossfire between the warships and Norwegian coastal artillery. She was holed and sunk, and her crew briefly became prisoners of war.

===Later years===
According to a 1940 US intelligence report compiled by the US War Department, Louis Classing, general manager of the Hamburg-America in Havana was identified as a "well-known nazi agent" who "imported moving pictures for propaganda purposes to be shown at local theaters".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cuba: General Conditions – MID 2056-213 Thru 2056-257 (1 of 2) |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/241519395 |website=US National Archives Catalog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois on May 30, 1930 |url=http://herald-review.newspapers.com/newspage/94283065/&usg=AOvVaw2xvb8YLoQSCnl5anFWMJPq |website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

The Hamburg America Line lost almost the entirety of its fleet twice, as a result of [[World War I|World Wars I]] and [[World War II|II]]. In 1970, the company merged with its longstanding rival, [[Norddeutscher Lloyd]] of [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]], to establish the present-day company [[Hapag-Lloyd]].

In the post-war years, HAPAG rebuilt its fleet and focused on cargo container transport. In 1970, the container shipping companies HAPAG and North German Lloyd (NGL) merged into [[Hapag-Lloyd]] AG to form one of the world's biggest container shipping companies. In 2008, Hapag-Lloyd was acquired by the City of [[Hamburg]] and a group of private investors, the Albert Ballin Consortium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/about_us/history_summary.html |title=About Us |publisher=Hapag-Lloyd AG |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801190041/http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/about_us/history_summary.html |archivedate=1 August 2014 }}</ref>

==Fleet list==
{{Incomplete list|date=June 2022}}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Name(s)
!Entered <small>HAPAG</small> service
!Notes
|-
|{{SS|Austria||2}}
|1858
|Caught fire and sank, 1 September 1858.
|-
|{{SS|Teutonia|1856|2}}
|1858
|Sold to Henry Flinn, 1877. Scrapped 1894 as ''Mentana''.
|-
|{{SS|Silesia|1869|2}}
|1869
|Sold 1887. Wrecked 1899 and subsequently scrapped.
|-
|{{SS|Suevia|1874|2}}
|1874
|Sold to Schiaffino, Nyer & Siges and renamed ''Quatre Amis'', 1896. Scrapped 1898.
|-
|{{SS|Augusta Victoria|1888|2}}
|1889
|Rebuilt 1897. Sold to [[Imperial Russian Navy]], 1904, and converted into auxiliary cruiser ''Kuban''. Scrapped 1907
|-
|{{SS|Columbia|1889|2}}
|1889
<small>(1899)</small>
|Sold to [[Spanish Navy]], 1898, and converted to auxiliary cruiser ''Rapido''. Sold back to <small>HAPAG</small> and reverted to ''Columbia'', 1899. Sold to [[Imperial Russian Navy]] as auxiliary cruiser ''Terek'', 1904. Scrapped 1907.
|-
|''[[USAT Warren|Scandia]]''
|1889
|Sold to [[Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)|US Army Quartermaster Department]], 1898, and renamed USAT ''Warren''. Scrapped 1929.
|-
|{{SS|Normannia|1890|2}}
|1890
|Sold to [[Spanish Navy]], 1898, and renamed ''Patriota''. Scrapped as [[Compagnie Générale Transatlantique]]'s ''L'Aquitaine'', 1906.
|-
|{{SS|Fürst Bismarck|1890|2}}
|1891
|Sold to [[Imperial Russian Navy]], 1904, and converted into auxiliary cruiser ''Don''. Scrapped as [[Regia Marina]]'s ''San Giusto'', 1924
|-
|{{SS|Georgia|1890|2}}
|1891
|Sold to Housatonic Steamship Corporation and renamed ''Housatonic'', 1915. Torpedoed and sunk 1917.
|-
|{{SS|Sicilia||2}} / ''Stubbenhuk''
|1892
|Built 1890 for Hansa Line. Acquired by <small>HAPAG</small> during merger with Hansa. Renamed ''Sicilia'', 1894. Sold to Shinyei Kisen Goshi Kaisha and renamed ''Komagata Maru'', 1913. Wrecked as Kabafuto Kisen KK's ''Heian Maru'', 1926.
|-
|{{SS|Persia|1894|2}}
|1894
|Sold to British Transport Company and renamed ''Minnewaska'', 1897. Scrapped as USAT ''Thomas'', 1929.
|-
|[[USS Wachusett (ID-1840)|''Ceres'' / ''Suevia'']]
|1896
|Renamed ''Suevia'', 1898. Seized by [[United States Shipping Board]], 1917, and renamed ''Wachusett''. Scrapped 1924.
|-
|{{SS|Valdivia|1886|2}}
|1896
|Built 1886 as ''Tijuca'' for [[Hamburg Süd]]. Bought by <small>HAPAG</small> and renamed ''Valdivia'', 1896. Sold to Peter R Hinsch of Hamburg and renamed ''Tom G Corpi''. Scrapped as ''Flandre'', 1927.
|-
|{{SS|Pennsylvania|1896|2}}
|1897
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''Nansemond''. Scrapped 1924.
|-
|{{USS|Arcadia|ID-1605|2}}
|1897
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917. Sold to California Steamship Company, 1923. Scrapped 1927
|-
|{{USS|Pretoria|1897|2}}
|1898
|Surrendered to US government, 1919, then transferred to British government. Scrapped 1921.
|-
|{{SS|Bulgaria|1898|2}}
|1898
<small>(1913)</small>
|Sold to [[Unione Austriaca di Navigazione]] and renamed ''Canada'', 1913. Returned to <small>HAPAG</small> and reverted to ''Bulgaria'' later that same year. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USAT ''Hercules'' and later USAT ''Philippines''. Scrapped 1924.
|-
|''[[USS Marcellus (1879)|Titania]]''
|1898
|Built 1879 for Adamson & Ronaldson as ''Mercedes''. Bought by <small>HAPAG</small> from Hamburg Pacific Dampfschiffs Linie. Sold 1898. Sunk as USS ''Marcellus'', 1910.
|-
|{{SS|Sibiria||2}}
|1898
|Built as ''Hertha'' for Kingsin Line, 1894. Sold to <small>HAPAG</small>, 1898. Sold to Atlantic Fruit Company, 1915. Wrecked 1916.
|-
|{{SS|Graf Waldersee||2}}
|1899
|Laid down as ''Pavia'', but renamed ''Graf Waldersee'' during construction. Surrendered to US government, 1919. Transferred to Britain later that year, and scrapped 1922.
|-
|{{USS|Patricia|1899|2}}
|1899
|Surrendered to US government, 1919. Transferred to Britain later that year, and scrapped 1921.
|-
|{{SS|Hamburg|1899|2}}
|1899
|Chartered by [[American Red Cross]] and renamed ''Red Cross'', 1914. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and later renamed ''Powhatan''. Scrapped as Dollar Line's ''President Fillmore'', 1928.
|-
|''[[USS Savannah (AS-8)|Saxonia]]''
|1899
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''Savannah''. Scrapped as ''Orbis'', 1954.
|-
|{{SS|Kaiser Friedrich||2}}
|1899
|Built 1898 for [[North German Lloyd]]. Chartered by <small>HAPAG</small>, 1899. Bought by [[Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique]], 1912. Sunk 1916.
|-
|{{SS|Deutschland|1900|2}} / ''Viktoria Luise'' / ''Hansa''
|1900
|Renamed ''Viktoria Luise'', 1910. Rebuilt and renamed ''Hansa'', 1921. Scrapped 1925.
|-
|{{SS|Kiautschou||2}}
|1900
|Traded to [[North German Lloyd]], 1904. Caught fire as <small>[[Los Angeles Steamship Company|LASSCO]]</small>'s ''City of Honolulu'', 1930, and subsequently scrapped.
|-
|{{SS|Abessinia|1900|2}}
|1900
|Interned in Chile in World War I. Wrecked 1921.
|-
|''[[Prinzessin Victoria Luise]]''
|1901
|Struck reef and sank, 1906.
|-
|{{SS|Athen|1893|2}}
|1901
|Built 1893 for [[A. C. de Freitas & Co.]] Sold to <small>HAPAG</small>, 1901. Sold to Gätjens & Jarke, 1903. Sunk 1906.
|-
|''[[SS Andrios|Arabia]]''
|1901
|Launched as ''Liddesdale'' for Mackil R. & Co., 1901. Purchased by <small>HAPAG</small> during construction. Seized by the British, 1919. Wrecked as ''Andrios'', 1926.
|-
|{{SS|Moltke||2}}
|1902
|Seized by Italian government, 1915. Transferred to [[Lloyd Sabaudo]] and renamed ''Pesaro'', 1919. Scrapped 1925.
|-
|''[[SS Otsego|Prinz Eitel Friedrich]]''
|1902
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''Otsego''. Hulked or scrapped as Far Eastern Steamship Company's ''Dolinsk'', 1955.
|-
|{{SS|Blücher||2}}
|1902
|Seized by Brazilian government, 1917, and renamed ''Leopoldina''. Sold to [[Compagnie Générale Transatlantique]] and renamed ''Suffren'', 1923. Scrapped 1929.
|-
|{{SS|Prinz Waldemar|1902|2}}
|1902
|Struck reef and sank, 1907.
|-
|''[[USS General W. C. Gorgas|Prinz Sigismund]]''
|1903
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''General W.C. Gorgas''. Scrapped  as ''Mikhail Lomonosov'', 1958.
|-
|{{SS|Prinz Adalbert||2}}
|1903
|Seized by Britain, 1914, and used as accommodation ship ''Prince'' and later ''Princetown''. Sunk by torpedo as Compagnie de Navigation Sud Atlantique's ''Alésia'', 1917.
|-
|{{SS|Prinz August Wilhelm||2}}
|1903
|Scuttled 1918.
|-
|{{SS|Prinz Oskar||2}}
|1903
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917. Renamed ''Orion''. Scrapped 1930.
|-
|''[[USS Moccasin (ID-1322)|Prinz Joachim]]''
|1903
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''Moccasin''.
|-
|''[[USS Newport News (AK-3)|Odenwald]]''
|1904
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''Newport News''. Scrapped 1925.
|-
|''[[USS Black Arrow|Rhaetia]]''
|1905
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''Black Hawk'' and later ''Black Arrow''. Scrapped 1924.
|-
|{{SS|Fürst Bismarck|1905|2}} /  ''Friedrichsruh''
|1905
|Renamed ''Friedrichsruh'', 1914. Surrendered to Britain, 1919. Sailed under French flag as ''Amboise''. Scrapped 1935.
|-
|{{SS|Karlsruhe|1905|2}}
|1905
|Sold to Ernst Russ Reederei, 1935. Sunk by air attack, 1945.
|-
|''[[USS Kittery (AK-2)|Präsident]]''
|1905
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USS ''Kittery''. Scrapped 1933
|-
|''[[USS America (ID-3006)|Amerika]]''
|1905
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and subsequently renamed ''America'', then ceded to [[United States Mail Steamship Company]] and later United States Lines. Scrapped as USAT ''Edmund B. Alexander'', 1957.
|-
|{{SS|Kronprinzessin Cecilie|1905|2}}
|1906
|Seized by British government, 1915, and renamed HMS ''Princess''. Paid off 1917.
|-
|{{SS|Kaiserin Auguste Victoria||2}}
|1906
|Surrendered to Britain, 1919. Ceded to [[Canadian Pacific Steamship Company]] and renamed ''Empress of Scotland'', 1921. Scrapped 1930.
|-
|{{SS|Pisa|1896|2}}
|1907
<small>(Chartered 1903)</small>
|Built 1896 for Sloman Line. Chartered from Sloman in 1903 before being bought outright by <small>HAPAG</small> in 1907. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''Ascutney''. Scrapped 1924.
|-
|{{SS|President Lincoln||2}}
|1907
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917. Torpedoed and sunk, 1918.
|-
|''[[USS Republic (AP-33)|President Grant]]''
|1907
|Built 1903 as ''Servian'' for Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line. Purchased by <small>HAPAG</small>, 1907. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917. Renamed ''Republic'', 1920. Transferred to [[United States Lines]], 1924. Scrapped as USAT ''Republic'', 1952.
|-
|''[[USS U. S. Grant (AP-29)|Konig Wilhelm II]]''
|1907
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USS ''Madawaska''. Scrapped as USS ''U.S. Grant'', 1948.
|-
|{{SS|Ypiranga||2}}
|1908
|Surrendered to Britain, 1919. Transferred to [[Anchor Line (steamship company)|Anchor Line]] and renamed ''Assyria'', 1921. Sank en route to scrappers as ''Colonial'', 1950.
|-
|{{SS|Corcovado||2}}
|1908
|Surrendered to France, 1919. Sold to Italy 1920, to Portugal 1930, and renamed ''Mouzinho''. Scrapped in 1954.
|-
|''[[SS Lima|Westerwald]]''
|1908
|Seized by Portugal, 1916, and renamed ''Lima''. Scrapped in 1969.
|-
|''[[HMS Lucia|Spreewald]]''
|1908
|Captured by the Royal Navy, 1914. Renamed ''Lucia''. Scrapped in 1951.
|-
|{{SS|Frankenwald||2}}
|1908
|Surrendered to France, 1919, and renamed ''Tadla''. Sold to Turkey, 1934, and renamed ''Tari''. Scrapped in 1967.
|-
|{{SS|Cleveland||2}}
|1909
<small>(1926)</small>
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USS ''Mobile.'' Sailed as ''King Alexander'' for Byron Steamship Company and as ''Cleveland'' for [[United American Lines]] before being transferred back to <small>HAPAG</small> in merger with UAL, 1926. Scrapped 1933.
|-
|{{SS|Cincinnati||2}}
|1909
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed USS ''Covington''. Torpedoed and sunk 1918.
|-
|[[USS General G. W. Goethals|''Grunewald'']]
|1912
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''General G. W. Goethals''. Sold to [[Panama Railway Company]], 1920. Bought by [[Munson Steamship Line]], 1926, and renamed ''Munorleans''. Scrapped 1936.
|-
|''[[USS Shoshone (ID-1760)|Wasgenwald]]'' / ''Grunewald''
|1912
<small>(1926)</small>
|Sold to [[Kerr Steamship Company]] and renamed ''Shoshone'', 1917. Later sailed as USS ''Shoshone'' for [[US Navy]] and ''Manoa'' for [[Canada Steamship Lines]]. Bought back by <small>HAPAG</small> and renamed ''Grunewald'', 1926. Scrapped 1933.
|-
|{{SS|Imperator||2}}
|1913
|Surrendered to US government, 1919. Transferred to [[Cunard Line]] and renamed ''Berengaria'', 1921. Sold for scrap, 1938.
|-
|{{SS|Bohemia||2}}
|1913
|Built 1902 as ''Iowa'' for White Diamond Steamship Company. Bought from [[Furness Withy]], 1913. Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''Artemis.'' Transferred to British government and renamed ''Empire Bittern'', 1941. Scuttled as blockship, 1944.
|-
|{{SS|Königin Luise|1913|2}}
|1913
|Sunk 1914
|-
|{{SS|Vaterland|1913|2}}
|1914
|Seized by United States Shipping Board, 1917, and renamed ''Leviathan''. Operated by United States Lines. Sold for scrap, 1937.
|-
|{{SS|Vogtland||2}}
|n/a
<small>(launched 1916)</small>
|Launched 1916. Seized by British Government before she could enter service, 1919. Transferred to [[New Zealand Shipping Company]] and renamed ''Cambridge'', 1919. Sunk 1940.
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|[[SS Hertford|''Rhineland'' / ''Friesland'']]
|1920
|Launched as ''Rhineland'' and renamed ''Friesland'' during fitting out. Ceded to British government, 1920. Transferred to [[New Zealand Shipping Company|Federal Steamship Navigation Company]] and renamed ''Hertford'', 1922. Torpedoed and sunk, 1942.
|-
|{{SS|Bismarck||2}}
|n/a
<small>(launched 1914)</small>
|Launched 1914. Surrendered to British government while incomplete. Transferred to [[White Star Line]] and renamed ''Majestic'', 1922. Caught fire as HMS ''Caledonia'', 1939, and subsequently scrapped.
|-
|''[[List of Empire ships (Si–Sy)|Hagen]]''
|1921
|Seized by South African Government, 1939. Transferred to UK and renamed ''Empire Success''. Scuttled 1948.
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|''[[Empire Mariner|Schwarzwald]]''
|1921
|Sold to [[H. Vogemann]], 1935. Seized by [[Royal Navy]], 1939, and renamed ''Empire Mariner''. Scrapped, 1964
|-
|{{MV|Spreewald||2}} / ''Anubis''
|1922
|Renamed ''Anubis'', 1935. Reverted to ''Spreewald'', 1940. Torpedoed and sunk in [[friendly fire]] incident, 1942.
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|{{MV|Spreewald||2}} / ''Anubis''
|1922
|Renamed ''Anubis'', 1935. Reverted to ''Spreewald'', 1940. Torpedoed and sunk in [[friendly fire]] incident, 1942.
|-
|{{SS|Arcadia|1922|2}}
|1922
|Sold to Kohlen-Import und Poseidon Schiffahrt and renamed ''Elbing'', 1934. Wrecked as ''Francisco Morazan'', 1960.
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|{{SS|Ambria||2}}
|1922
|Sold to Deutsche Levant Linie, 1928. Scrapped as ''Malay'', 1961.
|-
|''[[SS Frontier (1922)|Cattaro]]''
|1922
|Sold to Bugsier Reederei & Bergungs AG, 1930, and renamed ''Finkenau''. Wrecked as  ''Frontier'', 1957.
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|{{SS|Thuringia|1922|2}} / ''General San Martin''
|1922
|Chartered by [[Hamburg Süd]], 1934 before being sold outright to them, 1936. Scrapped as ''Empire Deben'', 1955.
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|{{SS|Albert Ballin||2}} / ''Hansa''
|1923
|Renamed ''Hansa'', 1935. Struck a mine and sank, 1945. Raised and refitted by Soviet Union as ''Sovetsky Soyuz'' around 1949. Scrapped as ''Tobolsk'', 1982.
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|{{SS|Deutschland|1923|2}}
|1924
|Sunk by air attack, 1945. Wreck raised and scrapped, 1949.
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|''[[SS Teiyo Maru (1924)|Saarland]]''
|1924
|Sold to Japanese Imperial Steamship Co., and renamed ''Teiyo Maru'', 1940. Sunk 1943.
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|[[SS Lombardia|''William O'Swald'' / ''Resolute'']] 
|1926
<small>(launched 1914)</small>
|Launched 1915 as <small>HAPAG</small>'s ''William O'Swald''. Sold incomplete to Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd and renamed ''Brabantia'', 1916. Transferred to [[United American Lines]] and renamed ''Resolute'', 1922. Re-acquired in merger with <small>HAPAG</small>, 1926. Sold to [[Italian Line]] and renamed ''Lombardia'', 1935. Sunk by air raid, 1943, and subsequently scrapped.
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|{{SS|Reliance||2}} / ''Johann Heinrich Burchard''
|1926
<small>(launched 1915)</small>
|Launched 1915 as <small>HAPAG</small>'s ''Johann Heinrich Burchard'', then placed in lay-up. Sold to Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd and renamed ''Limburgia'', 1916. Transferred to [[United American Lines]] and renamed ''Reliance'', 1922. Re-acquired in merger with <small>HAPAG</small>, 1926. Damaged by fire, 1938, and subsequently scrapped.
|-
|''[[List of Empire ships (I–J)|Gera]]''
|1926
|Launched 1923 for German Australian Line. Acquired by <small>HAPAG</small>, 1926. Seized by Britain and renamed ''Empire Indus''. Sunk as ''Pan Ocean'', 1958.
|-
|{{SS|Hamburg|1925|2}}
|1926
|Struck a mine and sunk, 1945. Raised by Soviets and converted to whaler ''Yuri Dolgoruki'', 1950-1960. Scrapped 1977.
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|{{SS|New York|1927|2}}
|1927
|Sunk 1945.
|-
|''[[List of Empire ships (Ta–Te)#Empire Tarne|Oceana]]''
|1927
|Built 1913 as ''Sierra Salvada''. Acquired from Società Servizi Marittimi by <small>HAPAG</small>, and renamed ''Oceana'', 1927. Seized by British and renamed ''Empire Tarne'', 1945. Scrapped as ''Sibir'', 1963. 
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|{{ship||Kulmerland|ship|2}}
|1928
|Scuttled 1944. Subsequently raised and scrapped.
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|{{MS|Seattle||2}}
|1928
|Sunk 1940.
|-
|{{MS|Palatia|1928|2}}
|1928
|Sold to Soviet Union and renamed ''Khasan'', 1940. Captured by [[Kriegsmarine]] and reverted to ''Palatia'', 1941. Sunk by air attack, 1942.
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|{{MS|Milwaukee|1929|2}}
|1929
|Surrendered to Britain and renamed ''Empire Waveney'', 1945. Caught fire, 1946, and subsequently scrapped.
|-
|{{MS|St. Louis||2}}
|1929
|Damaged by air raid, 1944. Subsequently repaired and used as a hotel ship. Scrapped 1952.
|-
|''[[German auxiliary cruiser Orion|Kurmark]]''
|1930
|Requisitioned by [[Kriegsmarine]] and converted into auxiliary cruiser ''Orion''. Sunk by air raid, 1945.
|-
|''[[German auxiliary cruiser Widder|Neumark]]''
|1930
|Requisitioned by [[Kriegsmarine]] and converted into auxiliary cruiser ''Widder''. Wrecked as ''Fechenheim'', 1955.
|-
|{{SS|Potsdam|1935|2}}
|n/a
<small>(launched 1935)</small>
|Launched for <small>HAPAG</small>, 1935, before being sold to [[Norddeutscher Lloyd]] before completion. Scrapped as Pan-Islamic Steamship Company's ''Safina-E-Hujjaj'', 1976.
|-
|{{SS|Antilla|1939|2}}
|1939
|Scuttled 1940.
|-
|''[[USS Saturn (AK-49)|Arauca]]''
|1939
|Seized by [[United States Maritime Commission]] and contracted to South Atlantic Steamship [[South Atlantic Steamship Company|Company]] as ''Sting'', 1941. Delivered to [[US Navy]] and renamed ''Saturn'', 1942. Scrapped 1972.
|-
|{{SS|Orizaba|1939|2}}
|1939
|Wrecked off Norway, 1940.
|-
|{{SS|Vaterland|1940|2}}
|n/a
<small>(launched 1940)</small>
|Launched 1940, then laid up incomplete. Heavily damaged in air raid, 1943, and scrapped by 1948.
|-
|''[[SS Inger Skou|Cuxhaven]]''
|1943
|Seized by United States, 1945. Sunk as Danish-flagged ''Inger Skou'', 1952.
|-
|''[[List of Empire ships (L)#Empire Lune|Millerntor]]''
|1943
|Seized by British, 1945, and renamed ''Empire Lune''. Scrapped as ''Sapho I'', 1970.
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|{{SS|Wilhelmshafen||2}}
|1943
|Seized by British, 1945, and renamed ''Empire Douglas''. Scrapped as ''Korsun Shevtshenkovsky'', 1972.
|-
|''[[SS Drottningholm|Homeland]]''
|1951
|Built as ''Virginian'', 1904. Chartered by <small>HAPAG</small> from [[Home Lines]], 1951. Scrapped 1955.
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==See also==
* [[Holland America Line]]
* [[Norwegian America Line]]
* [[Scandinavian America Line]]
* [[Swedish American Line]]
* {{SS|Cleveland}}
* {{SS|Hertford}}
* {{SS|Imperator}}
* {{USS|President Lincoln|1907|6}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft}}
*[http://www.schiffe-maxim.de/HAPAG.htm Fleet information] {{in lang|de}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110525231134/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/hamburg.html The history of the Hamburg-America Line]
*[http://www.maggieblanck.com/Hoboken/Hoboken.html Historic photos of Hoboken and Hamburg America Line ports]
*[https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Passengers/HamburgAmericanLine/index.html Passenger Lists from the Hamburg-Amerika Linie] GG Archives
*[http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/search/collection/eaa/searchterm/Ag1982.0080/mode/exact Hamburg-Amerika Line ships] This collection contains 16 photographs depicting ship interior and exterior views of Hamburg-Amerika Line's luxury passenger ships ''Augusta Victoria'', ''Columbia'' and ''Normannia'' by Louis Koch, Bremen
* {{PM20|FID=co/042882|TEXT=Documents and clippings about|NAME=}}
*[https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/SteamshipLines/Hamburg-AmericanLine.html Hamburg-American Line History and Ephemera] GG Archives

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