I've known about this liner for many years and have seen a few pictures but this is the first time I've had the opportunity to get a good look at the Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria both inside and out This is another liner that deserves to be recognized and known but about which there seems to be little documentation at least in the U.S. I particularly like the way there are photos of areas of the ship that often were not photographed, especially the one area which has a covering over the side. Too it appears that the mast went right through one of the cabins, quite unusual but part of how ships were at that time. I also like how pier-side photos give a sense of scale.

At 24,581 GRT, SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria was the largest ship in the world from May 1906 until the 31,550 GRT RMS Lusitania entered service in September 1907.

Ho-ho, Her Imperial Highness the Consort to Emperor Wilhelm the 2nd, she paid an official one-day visit to my home town on the 5th of Sep. 1910.

My Great Grandfather Arthur Felix Liebe was employed on the previous version of this same ship in 1891 as the Chef of fine pastries & butcher. He married my Great Grandmother Anna Hochmuth in 1893 & her brother Robert Hochmuth, my Great Uncle, migrated on this ship to the USA, departing Hamburg on 24 Aug 1893, arriving in New York 1 Sep 1893. My Great Grandparents married in Berlin, so he would have been present before departing to the USA. I wrote to Hapag Lloyd via email, who have this ship on their website, claiming this ship as the maiden voyage of luxury cruise liners. I asked for a copy of the Ships Menu, since my Great Grandfather would have been involved in cooking the food served on board. No reply to date. I realise that the ship was rebuilt, had a chimney removed, enlarged, and later sold to Russia. My Grandparents stayed in Germany after 1893, opening Butcher Shops in Berlin, so this would have been the highlight of their younger, more romantic years together.

@DSGNflorian

3 жыл бұрын

You've been working on your family history with great diligence. I am assuming your great grandfather Arthur Felix Liebe may have worked on the HAPAG express steamer "Augusta Victoria", which was a ship by the same steamship company as the subject of this video, but a totally different vessel built in 1889. That ship was the first German twin-propeller express steamer and one of the first of its kind in the world. It was also, as you correctly referenced, the first time a ship was used for cruising as a type of travel-for-pleasure. This was indeed first introduced by HAPAG in the 1890s. The idea for cruising originated in the need to better utilize the shipping line's fleet of ocean liners during the winter season, when those ships were losing money on their usual North Atlantic route between Europe and the USA because the traveling public avoided the rough winter crossings. Hapag-Lloyd would likely not be able to accommodate your requests for information. They are a transport and logistics service now and I doubt they have many resources dealing with and keeping documents about the company's history. Not to mention the two wars that probably caused the destruction of many records in the heavily bombed port cities of Hamburg and Bremen, respectively. A brief Google picture search uncovered thousands of ocean liner menu cards. Just search for "1st Class menu card SS Auguste Victoria" and you may find exactly what you're looking for. I found several. The name of that ship was altered from "AugustA Victoria" to "AugustE Victoria", the latter being the correct name of the German empress at the time and - amusingly -misspelled on the actual vessel upon its launch and later corrected. You may want to search both spellings. There are also many books on the subject of transatlantic ocean liners, such as by German author Arnold Kludas, that contain occasional photos of menu cards.

Hi Georg the ship looks bigger than 25.000 Tons nice video

The largest ship of its time!

@CrazyBrosCael

2 жыл бұрын

For a very short amount of time lol

A please part of the K.A.V.'s design was that the funnels and masts all leaned back at the same angle.

Whaddya know. A German liner with tasteful interiors.

@TheVaughan5

5 жыл бұрын

Clearly you`ve never seen interior photos of the 1928 ``Europa`` one of the most beautiful liners ever.

@carlosiiideespana3712

4 жыл бұрын

cameronpaul People have opinions. In my opinion, Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria and Amerika were more beautiful than Bremen and Europa, while Bremen and Europa were still nice. Everyone is permitted to have an opinion.

Es gab einen Artikel in „Der Zeit“ über Albert Ballin und HAPAGs „Auguste Viktoria“…vor 125 Jahren das erste Kreuzfahrtschiff: „Eine Kreuzfahrt? Das ist lustig.“, 10/9/15 www.zeit.de/2015/37/cruise-days-kreuzfahrten-125-jahre-jubilaeum

@bekluwe

4 жыл бұрын

Die “Kaiserin Auguste Victoria” war ein Ozean Liner. Das erste Kreuzfahrtschiff war die “Prinzessin Victoria Luise”.

Hi George ! Ich find ja deine Videos ganz cool Jetzt erst recht durch dir Schiffs Daten Allerdings muss ich sagen das du viel zu Schnell/ zu oft Video hochlädst Ich hab kaum mehr Überblick über deine Videos und kann nur noch ein parr schauen Klar ist das cool so viele hoch zu laden is halt so 1 Video pro Woche = Mehr abos + Klicks oder so halt Aber is ja deine Sache ! MFG dein abonnet Suncraft ;)

@Schorschi1988

10 жыл бұрын

SunCraft -Ship Builder- Haha wenigstens jemand der sich Gedanken dazu macht :D Naja...Zeit ist bei mir halt knapp bemessen und wenn ich Zeit habe mach ich halt ein paar Vids bzw lade schon gefertigte hoch :D Sie laufen Dir ja nicht weg ;) Als Abonennt kannste ja jederzeit reingucken :)

@SunCraftShipBuilder

10 жыл бұрын

Georg Link Ja Ja aber ich will ja auch kommentieren Und auf eine Antwort Warten Verstehst du ;) Und da weiss ich nicht wirklich wie du die Kommentare liest Schaust du alle durch oder Nur bei denn neusten Videos ? MFG

@Schorschi1988

10 жыл бұрын

SunCraft -Ship Builder- Ich gehe im KZread Studio unter Community. Da sehe ich jeden einzelnen Kommentar zu jedem Video und kann darauf antworten ;:D

@SunCraftShipBuilder

10 жыл бұрын

Georg Link oh okey Aber Sag mal deine Schiffs videos sind ja schön und gut aber hast du auch mal vor ein anderes Format zu machen ?

@Schorschi1988

10 жыл бұрын

SunCraft -Ship Builder- anderes Formt in Form von Neuen Ideen? Ja, aber mir fehlt das passende Programm dazu. am Besten Freeware...nur die meißten sind zu komplex. So nutze ich den Movie Maker...recht einfache aberauf die dauer auch langweilige Geschichte. Kennst Du noch ein Programm?