HMAT A45 Bulla

History
German Empire
Name: Hessen
Owner: Norddeutscher Lloyd
Builder: Tecklenborg, Geestemunde
Launched: 1905
Out of service: 1914
Fate: Seized by Australia during World War I
Australia
Name: HMAT 45 Bulla
Operator: Commonwealth Government Line
Acquired: 1914
Out of service: 1926
Fate: Sold
Nazi Germany
Name: Weissesee
Operator: W. Schuchmann
Acquired: 1926
Out of service: 1943
Fate: Sunk by aircraft
General characteristics
Tonnage: 5,099 GRT
Length: 124.8 m (409.45 ft)
Beam: 16.1 m (52.82 ft)
Installed power: Steamship
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h)

HMAT A45 Bulla was laid down as SS Hessen for the German Line Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1905.[1] It was seized by Australian forces on September 3, 1914, when it sailed into Melbourne, being unaware of the outbreak of World War I[2] and used as a troop transport during the First World War before being transferred to the Commonwealth Government Line in 1918. It was sold in 1926 to W. Schuchmann, and again renamed as Weissesee[3]

Weissesee was bombed and sunk by aircraft at Hamburg, Germany, on 25 July 1943. The wreck was raised in 1949 and scrapped.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "HMAT & HMNZT Transport Ships". Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  2. ↑ Jose, Arthur (1928). Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, Volume IX. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. p. 543.
  3. ↑ "The Commonwealth Government Line of Steamers". Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  4. ↑ "Weissesee (1139012)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 18 April 2015. (subscription required (help)).
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