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Doppelschrauben - Salondampfer “Berlin”. . . .
1925Best.-Nr. 57372Bremen: Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen North German Lloyd Hofbuchdruckerei H.M. Hauschild 1925. Oblong 4to. 48 pp unpaginated. With colour frontisp. numerous photo plates decorative borders in green ink. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of the Brandenburg Gate in gilt blue blue & gilt borders globe logo at upper fore-edge dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce ocean liner promotional brochure for the SS Berlin built by Bremer Vulkan and commissioned in Sept. 1925 making the North German Lloyd Run from Bremen - Southampton - Cherbourg - New York. She would make runs until chartered by the Nazi Party in 1939 as a Party Cruise Ship and converted to Hospital Ship during World War II. These photographs show such amenities for first class passengers as spacious promenades salons writing room library nicely appointed staterooms and exercise gym. The accommodations for 2nd & 3rd Class passengers were decidedly poorer. The ship was salvaged by the Soviet Union in 1949 and served as the Admiral Nakhimov a cruise ship transported soldiers to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crises was later rammed and sunk by the Soviet freighter Pyotr Vasev and 423 of the 1234 on board perished. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, North German Lloyd, [Hofbuchdruckerei H.M. Hauschild], paperback
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