Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships

Ship:	HUNTSEND
Arrived:	18 September 1923
Departed:	cOctober 1923
Arrived 2:	7 Nov 1923
Departed 2:	9 March 1924
Career:	Built Bremen as LUTZOW for Norddeutscher Lloyd. 3 Aug 1914 seized by British in Suez Canal and in 1915 renamed HUNTSEND, owner The Admiralty. 1923 renamed LUTZOW owner Norddeutscher Lloyd. December 1932 broken up Vegesack Arrived 18 Sep 1923 departed ? arrived 7 Nov 1923 departed 9 March 1924 [George Swieszkowski - Lloyds List] Gloucester Citizen 28 August 1923 reported HUNTSEND sailing for Southampton after evacuating troops from Turkey. Dundee Courier 21 Sep 1923 HUNTSEND arrived Tollesbury on 18-09-23 from Southampton 23 Oct 1923 at River Blackwater since 18 Sep 1923 [Liverpool Journal of Commerce]
Tonnage:	8,818 gross
Built:	1908
Type:	Passenger cargo
Owner:	British Government
Official No:	136828
ID	1136828

H.M. Transport HUNTSEND, formerly the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner LUTZOW. She was laid up in the River Blackwater from 18 September 1923 until she was sold back to Norddeutscher Lloyd and renamed LUTZOW. She was broken up Vegesack 1932.

Location of photo not known.

Above: H.M. Transport HUNTSEND, formerly the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner LUTZOW. She was laid up in the River Blackwater from 18 September 1923 until she was sold back to Norddeutscher Lloyd and renamed LUTZOW. She was broken up Vegesack 1932. Location of photo not known.
Source: Mersea Museum / Photoship