Hamburg - South American Line
Fact file
This fact file is a snapshot of the company between 1930
and 1945. Owners / Company name
Hamburg-Sudamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft
[Hamburg-South American line, Germany] Company flag  | Red and white quartered
diagionally with the letters H S D G written clockwise from the top
in black.
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Major routes
Hamburg, Boulogne - Spain, Portugal and South America
New York - Brazil Southampton agent
Wainwright Bros & Co Ltd Ship colours
Black hull. White funnels with red tops. Timeline | 1871 | Founded to operate services between Hamburg, Germany and South
America | | 1900s | An express passenger service is operated direct to the River
Plate, South America. The company also runs services to Central
America in partnership with Hamburg America Line | | 1921 | Having lost all its ships after the end of the First World War,
the company resumes acquires a steamship and begins to rebuilt its
fleet | | 1945 | The company`s fleet is lost again after the Second World
War | | 1951 | Under the terms of the Potsdam Treaty, the company restarted
services to South America | | 1960s | Hamburg-South America concetrates mostly on cargo ships,
following the expansion of air travel |
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