SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise
Released 12.06.2026
Shipping lineHamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft
Built1900
Scale1:1000
Print methodFDM
About the SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise
The Princess Victoria Luise of the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) is considered the world's first ship built specifically as a cruise ship. Completed by Blohm & Voss in December 1900, the ship was lost off the coast of Jamaica on December 16, 1906, due to a navigational error.
Key Specifications
- In service
- 1900 – 1906
- (first purpose-built cruise ship)
- Fate
- Wrecked
- (16 Dec 1906, off Jamaica)
- Length (o.a.)
- 124.2 m
- (407.5 ft (registered)
- Beam
- 14.4 m
- (47.2 ft)
- Tonnage (GRT)
- 4,409
- (gross register tons)
- Max. speed
- 16 knots
- Capacity
- ≈ 200 passengers
- (120 first-class cabins)
