Reliance

Hamburg America Line steamship built 1914 at Geestemünde by J. C. Tecklenborg as the "Johann Heinrich Burchard". In 1916 she was became the "Limburgia" for the Royal Holland Lloyd. In 1922 she was taken owe by United American and was renamed "Reliance". Sold to Panamanian owners 1923. Re-purchased by HAPAG in 1926. Gutted by fire at Hamburg 1938 and scrapped at Bremerhafen 1940. This image is from an old postcard. For more ship history see: S/S Reliance