Passengerships Aramis, General Von Steuben and Kraljica Marija seen in Valletta, Malta 1935
picture taken by my grandpa Hans Flügge

Aramis was built for Messageries Maritimes' Marseilles-Far East service. Used as an Allied merchant cruiser 1939-42. Seized by the Japanese in Apr 1942 at Saigon, and renamed Teia Maru. Torpedoed and sunk by US-submarine 18 Aug 1944.
Name: Aramis
Owner as Completed: Soc des Services Contractuels des Messageries
Flag: France
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in La Seyne, France, Yard No: 1206
Launch Date: 30th june 1931

General von Steuben was built as the 13.325 ton coal-burning München for Norddeutscher Lloyd
1930 General von Steuben - 1938 Steuben - on February 10-1945 torpedoed by Soviet submarine S-13 she sank in 15 minutes with the loss of approximately 3000 lives
Name: General von Steuben
Owner: Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen
Flag: Germany
Homeport: Bremen
Builder: Vulcan, Stettin-Bredow, Yard No: 669
Date of completion: June 1923

Kraljica Marija (Queen Maria), the ex-Araguaya, purchased by shipping magnate Bozidar Banac for Jugoslavenski Lloyd in 1930 from the Royal Mail Lines
Name: Kraljica Marija
Owner: Jugoslavenski Lloyd
Flag: Jugoslavia
Builder: Workman Clark & Co, Belfast, UK
Launch Date: 05.06.1906
Built as: Araguaya, UK
Owner as Completed: Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.

thanks, Bart, Linerich, Chad, Hans, Aleksi :-)
and Vedran :-)