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City of Bagdad
History
Name
  • 1919: Geierfels
  • 1921: City of Bagdad
NamesakeBaghdad
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderJoh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde
Laid down277
Launched8 November 1918
Completed29 April 1920
Identification
Fatesunk by Atlantis, 1940
General characteristics
Typecargo ship
Tonnage7,490 GRT, 4,698 NRT, 11,400 DWT
Length470.3 ft (143.3 m)
Beam58.2 ft (17.7 m)
Depth32.3 ft (9.8 m)
Decks2
Installed power
Propulsionsingle screw
Speed12 knots (22 km/h)
Crew
  • as built: 55
  • later: 81
Sensors and
processing systems		by 1935: wireless direction finding
Notesone of seven sister ships built 1915–21

City of Bagdad was a cargo steamship. She was built in Germany, and launched in 1918 as Geierfels for DDG Hansa. However, the United Kingdom seized her as part of Germany's World War I reparations to the Allies under Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles. In 1921 Ellerman Lines acquired her and renamed her City of Bagdad. In 1940 the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis attacked and captured her; took her crew prisoner; and sank her.

Geierfels was the third of a series of seven sister ships that Joh. C. Tecklenborg of Geestemünde in Bremerhaven built for DDG Hansa between 1915 and 1921. The others were Altenfels (later renamed Stolzenfels) launched in 1915; Treuenfels launched in 1916; Frauenfels launched in 1919; and Bärenfels, Marienfels, and Ockenfels launched in 1921.[1][2]

This was the first of two ships built for DDG Hansa that were named Geierfels. The second was a heavy-lift ship that was launched in 1930, completed in 1931, and sunk in 1940.[3][4]

Geierfels

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Tecklenborg built the ship as yard number 277. She was launched on 8 November 1918 as Geierfels, and completed on 29 April 1920.[2] Her registered length was 470.3 ft (143.3 m), her beam was 58.2 ft (17.7 m), and her depth was 32.3 ft (9.8 m).[5] Her tonnages were 7,490 GRT, 4,698 NRT, and 11,400 DWT. She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was rated at 3,600 ihp[2] or 347 NHP,[6] and gave her a speed of 12 knots (22 km/h). She was designed for a crew of 55. DDG Hansa registered Geierfels at Bremen. Her code letters were QLCS.[2]

On 2 July 1920, DDG Hansa surrendered the ship to the UK authorities at Leith on the Firth of Forth in Scotland.[2] The Shipping Controller registered her in London. Her UK official number was 144643, and her code letters were KGFC. The Shipping Controller appointed George Thompson & Co to manage her.[6]

City of Bagdad

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In 1921 Montgomery & Workman bought the ship; renamed her City of Bagdad; registered her in Glasgow; and appointed Ellerman's City Line to manage her.[2][7][8] Ellerman's increased her complement to 81: 21 officers, and 60 ratings. Ellerman's, like DDG Hansa, employed European officers and lascar ratings.[9]

By 1930 City of Bagdad had been fitted with a Bauer-Wach exhaust steam turbine, which was driven by steam from the low-pressure cylinder of her piston engine. The turbine drove the same shaft as the piston engine, via double-reduction gearing and a Föttinger fluid coupling.[5] It increased her total power to 4,800 ihp,[10] or 819 NHP.[5] Also by 1930, her call sign was GDKQ,[11] and by 1934 this had superseded her code letters. By 1935 she was equipped with wireless direction finding.[12] By 1936, Ellerman Lines had become her owners,[13][14] as Montgomerie and Workman had withdrawn from ship-owning.[9]

Capture and sinking

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References

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  1. ^ Gray 1967, pp. 42–44.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Kiehlmann, Peter. "D/S Geierfels (1)". Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa" Bremen (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ^ Gray 1967, p. 50.
  4. ^ Kiehlmann, Peter. "D/S Geierfels (2)". Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa" Bremen (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Lloyd's Register 1930, CIT.
  6. ^ a b Mercantile Navy List 1921, p. 235.
  7. ^ Mercantile Navy List 1923, p. 102.
  8. ^ Gray 1967, p. 42.
  9. ^ a b Haws 1989, p. 99.
  10. ^ Mercantile Navy List 1931, p. 109.
  11. ^ Mercantile Navy List 1930, p. 109.
  12. ^ Lloyd's Register 1935, CIT.
  13. ^ Lloyd's Register 1936, CIT.
  14. ^ Mercantile Navy List 1937, p. 85.

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