Gneisenau (1935)
Encyclopedia
The Gneisenau was a passenger ship of the Norddeutscher Lloyd
, which began its duty as an East Asia liner in 1935. Like several other German ships, the Gneisenau was named after August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall
and military reformer.
Norddeutscher Lloyd
Norddeutsche Lloyd was a German shipping company. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen on February 20, 1857. It developed into one of the most important German shipping companies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was instrumental in the economic...
, which began its duty as an East Asia liner in 1935. Like several other German ships, the Gneisenau was named after August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall
Generalfeldmarschall
Field Marshal or Generalfeldmarschall in German, was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Austrian Empire, the rank Feldmarschall was used...
and military reformer.
Literature
- Claus Rothe: Deutsche Ozean-Passagierschiffe 1919 bis 1985. VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen, Berlin 1987, transpress, ISBN 3-344-00164-7.