Norddeutscher Lloyd

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf shipping company
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1970
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:fleetSize over 100 ships
gptkbp:founded 1857
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Hermann_Henrich_Meier
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Bremen
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Norddeutscher Lloyd
gptkbp:industry shipping
gptkbp:logo Norddeutscher Lloyd logo.svg
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Hapag-Lloyd
1970
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Lloyd_Hall,_Bremen
gptkb:Lloyd_Passage,_Bremen
gptkbp:notableCompetitor gptkb:Cunard_Line
gptkb:White_Star_Line
gptkb:Hamburg_America_Line
gptkbp:notableEvent Merged with Hamburg America Line to form Hapag-Lloyd
Major German shipping line before World War II
Pioneered express transatlantic service
Postwar rebuilding of fleet
Requisitioned ships during World War I and II
Carried millions of emigrants from Europe to America
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Albert_Ballin_(rival_executive)
gptkb:Carl_Woermann_(director)
gptkb:Heinrich_Wiegand_(director)
gptkb:Philipp_Heineken_(director)
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:SS_Bremen
gptkb:SS_Barbarossa
gptkb:SS_Berlin
gptkb:SS_Friedrich_der_Grosse
gptkb:SS_George_Washington
gptkb:SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_der_Grosse
gptkb:SS_Kronprinz_Wilhelm
gptkb:SS_Prinz_Friedrich_Wilhelm
gptkb:SS_Europa
gptkb:SS_Bremen_(1929)
gptkb:SS_Europa_(1930)
gptkb:SS_Lahn
gptkb:SS_Columbus
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:Blue_Riband_(SS_Bremen,_1929)
gptkb:Blue_Riband_(SS_Europa,_1930)
gptkbp:parent_organization_after_merger gptkb:Hapag-Lloyd
gptkbp:route Bremen to Australia
Bremen to Baltimore
Bremen to New York City
Bremen to South America
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gneisenau
gptkb:Deutsche_Werft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5