SS Bremen (1896)

SS Bremen, later renamed Constantinople and then King Alexander, was a German Barbarossa-class ocean liner that entered service in 1897 with Norddeutscher Lloyd.

After the fire, Bremen was rebuilt by AG Vulcan Stettin, lengthened to 575 feet (175 m), and her tonnage was increased to 11,540 gross register tons (GRT).

In addition, passengers and crew reported seeing hundreds of bodies floating in the water as well as many deck chairs and pieces of wood.

Since there was already a ship specially chartered by White Star line to retrieve any bodies, the Bremen did not stop to recover any.

Two years later she was sold to the Byron S.S. Co. and renamed Constantinople, and operated on the Piraeus-New York City route.

"S.S. Bremen" hymn with G. Howell-Baker and music by E. Edgar Evans