The second Fürst Bismarck was an ocean liner

Ocean liner

An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as...

 of 8,332 gross tons built in Glasgow

Glasgow

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 by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the...

 for the Hamburg America Line

Hamburg America Line

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. Launched on 22 March 1905, the vessel made her maiden voyage

Maiden voyage

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 between Hamburg and New York, (with stops at Dover

Dover

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 and Boulogne

Boulogne-sur-Mer

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) on 19 August of the same year. On June 7, 1914, the ship's captain made an unexpected stop in New Orleans, to take on miscellaneous freight, while en route to Mexico, giving rise to rumors that it was transporting munitions. She carried no passengers on this trip, and spent three days at the Port of New Orleans, loading nearly 3000 tons of materials from warehouses believed to be housing ammunition and military supplies. When the ship left three days later, the rumor had been denied by the captain.

The vessel was renamed Friedrichsruh in 1914.

In 1919, Friedrichsruh was surrendered to Britain

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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 (presumably as a result of the Versailles Treaty). She was scrapped at Genoa

Genoa

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in 1935.