SS Potsdam (1900)

SS "Potsdam" was an ocean liner built in 1900 by the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany for the Holland America Line for transatlantic service from Rotterdam to New York. She was the largest ship operated by HAL at the time. [cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/potsdam_1900.htm |title=S/S Potsdam (1900) |accessdate=2008-02-27 |format= |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=in Swedish ] cite web |url=http://www.greatoceanliners.net/potsdam.html |title=Potsdam/Stockholm (I)/Solglimt/Sonderburg |accessdate=2008-02-27 |format= |last=Ljungström |first=Henrik |work=The Great Ocean Liners |language= ]

In 1915 the ship was sold to the newly-founded Swedish American Line and renamed SS "Stockholm" for transatlantic service from Gothenburg to New York. In 1929 she was sold to Norwegian interests and converted to the whale factory ship SS "Solglimt". Following the German invasion of Norway in 1940 the "Solglimt" was captured by the Kriegsmarine, transferred to the First German Whaling Company and renamed SS "Sonderburg." [cite web |url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/SwedishAmericaPCs.html#anchor20978 |title=Stockholm (1) 1915-28 |accessdate=2008-02-27 |format= |last=Boyle |first=Ian |work=Simplon Postcards |language= ]

The "Sondenburg" was scuttled by German troops in 1944 to block entrance to Cherboug harbour. In 1946 she was partially demolished to clear the shipway, with the final remains towed to the United Kingdom in 1947 to be scrapped.

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