SS Abessinia

Two steamships have borne the name Abessinia, after the German name for the Ethiopian Empire:

  • SS Abessinia (1900) was a 5,633-ton passenger/cargo ship launched on 16 June 1900, by Palmers', Jarrow, England. Lost on 3 September 1921 on her way to be delivered as war reparations.[1]
  • SS Abessinia (1920) was a 1,565-ton cargo ship completed in October 1920, by Bremer Vulkan in Vegesack, Germany. Renamed twice, torpedoed and sunk as the Italian Sebastiano Bianchi by a submarine off Cape Spartivento, Italy, on 13 December 1940.[2]

References
  1. "Abessinia (5601391)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  2. "Abessinia (5604792)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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