SS Nyassa

Nyassa
History
Name	1906: Bülow 1916: Trás-os-Montes 1924: Nyassa
Namesake	1906: General von Bülow 1916: Trás-os-Montes 1924: Niassa Province
Owner	1906: Norddeutscher Lloyd 1916: Government of Portugal 1924: Cia Nacional de Navegação
Operator	1916: Transportes Mar do Estado
Port of registry	1906: Bremen 1916: Lisbon
Route	1906: Bremen – Yokohama 1907: Bremen – Sydney 1908: Bremen – New York 1938: Lisbon – Island of Mozambique
Builder	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Bremerhaven
Yard number	209
Launched	21 April 1906
Completed	22 September 1906
Out of service	laid up 1922–24; 1950–51
Identification	1906: code letters QJFB by 1913: call sign DBW 1916: code letters HTOM by 1934: call sign CSBJ
Fate	scrapped 1951
General characteristics
Class and type	"General"-class mail steamship
Tonnage	8,965 GRT, 5,034 NRT
Length	462.4 ft (140.9 m)
Beam	57.6 ft (17.6 m)
Depth	36.0 ft (11.0 m)
Decks	4
Installed power	760 NHP; 6,500 ihp
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity	passengers: 108 × 1st class; 106 × 2nd class; 1,830 steerage by 1934: cargo included 13,014 cu ft (369 m3) refrigerated
Crew	194
Sensors and processing systems	by 1911: submarine signalling by 1938: echo sounding device

SS Nyassa was a steam ocean liner that was launched in Germany in 1906 as Bülow for Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL). In 1916 Portugal seized her, renamed her Trás-os-Montes, and placed her under the management of Transportes Marítimos do Estado (TME). In 1924 Companhia Nacional de Navegação (CNN) bought her and renamed her Nyassa. After a long career with CNN she was scrapped in England in 1951.

As Bülow, the ship sailed mostly between Bremen and the Far East. However, she spent 1907 making three return voyages between Bremen and Sydney, and in 1908 she made at least three return voyages between Bremen and New York.

As Nyassa, her scheduled route was between Lisbon and Moçambique via Cape Town. In 1941 she rescued survivors from a British merchant ship that had been sunk by a U-boat. From 1940 to 1944 she made numerous voyages taking refugees from Portugal, Spain, and Morocco to the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Palestine.