Berengaria was a very popular ship for both Hapag and Cunard Line. The issues with "tenderness" were at least partially remedied and she had a successful career.

Thank you Hans for the correction.

Many thanks, Renë. I see an Alexandra tug near the bow, so I doubt if this is Cape Town. Most probably Southampton?
Best regards,
Hans

The IMPERATOR was not really a lucky ship. Laid down as EUROPA. Ship must change name before launch by personal imperial order of the "Kaiser" Wilhelm the second. IMPERATOR must be "his" name, (not she). At the bow a terrible big figure head representing an eagle with a crown and a wing span of 16 meters. 52.117 gross tons, 277 m long, beam 30 m, 75 m high. "He" was the first german liner with four steam turbines. With a power of maximal 74.000 PS, average speed of 23 knots and max speed of 24 knots. A crew of 1.180 Mann served for 4.500 passengers: 344 stoker and trimmer shoveled per day 1.000 tons of coal into 46 boilers, totally a engine crew of 422 men worked on this ship. Deck hands only 84 sailors. Service personell 500: 271 stewards, 116 cooks plus plus plus. IMPERATOR was 7.000 gross tons bigger than TITANIC. "He" had plenty of trouble, ship was top-heavy. Shipyard Vulcan had to remove furnitures, marble and other useless too heavy things. And more ballast came into the bottom of the ship which all solved the problem. Often fire broke out. As BERENGARIA she came 1921 into service for Cunard after WW I. Sold for scraping in 1938, finally broken up at Rosyth in 1946. - Regards Peter