The Families of Acri, Italy

By Edward Bronejko

S.S. Moltke / Pesaro

S.S. Moltke

S.S. Moltke

S.S. Moltke

About the Ship

Length:525 ft 7in (160 m)
Beam:62 ft 3.6 in (19 m)
Propulsion:8,000 horsepower; two quadruple-expansion steam engines, twin funnels, twin masts
Speed:16 knots (18 mph)
Capacity:12,335 gross
Occupancy:2102 passengers (333 1st class, 169 2nd class, and 1600 3rd class)

Ship History

The Moltke was built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg for the Hamburg America Line. She launched on . Her maiden voyage was Hamburg to Boulogne, Southampton, and New York in early

Being German flagged, the Moltke was seized by Italy in the port of Genoa in when Italy entered World War I on the Allied side. She was renamed the Pesaro and sailed under the Italian flag for the Lloyd Sabaudo line. She was scrapped in .