German merchant ships interned at Antwerp, Belgium according to the Dutch newspaper Scheepvaart dated 22 October 1914

An item referred to the 10th list published by the British weekly shipping trade publication Fairplay reporting that according to earlier lists Belgium seized 109,280 tons of German merchant ships. Since Antwerp fell were these ships released although damaged.(1) The Dutch newspaper however published the next details:

Almeria. Tonnage 4,606 tons. Built in 1903. Owner Hamburg-America linie.

Andre Rickmers. Tonnage 4,173 tons. Built in 1907. Owner Rickmers&Co.

Atto. Tonnage 5,169 tons. Built in 1911. Owner Roland Linie A.G.

Bellona. Tonnage1,041 tons. Built in 1900. Owner Dampf. Gesellschaft Neptun.

Christine Sell. Tonnage 777 tons. Built in 1904. Owner Johan Sell.

Croatia. Tonnage 1,991 tons. Built in 1888.Owner Dampf. Rhed. Mrkur Gm.b.H.

Delia. Tonnage 1,224 tons. Built in 1907. Owner Dampf. Gesellschaft Neptun.

Delos. Tonnage 2,214 tons. Built in 1889. Owner Deutsche Levant Linie.

Elbing. Tonnage 4,884 tons. Built in 1898. Owner Deutsch-Austral D.G.

Elisabeth Rickmers. Tonnage 4,174 ons. Built in 1906. Owner Rickmers Co.

Erika. Tonnage 2,666 tons. Built in 1906. Owner Ozean Dampfer A.G.

Feronia. Tonnage 691 tons. Built in 1899. Owner Dampf Gesellschaf Neptun.

Ganelon. Tonnage 5,586 tons. Built in 1907. Owner Roland Linie A.G.

Gneisenau. Tonnage 8,185 tons. Built in 1903. Owner Norddeutscher Lloyd.

Hanua. Tonnage 4,213 tons. Built in 1907. Owner Deutsch-Austral D.G.

Hermes. Tonnage 1,180 tons. Built in 1899. Owner Dampf. Gesellschaft Neptun.

Hispania. Tonnage 2,266 tons. Built in 1895. Owner W. Kunstmann.

Huberfels. Tonnage 5,814 tons. Built in 1913. Owner Hansa Linie.

Jade. Tonnage 536 tons. Built in 1912. Owner Verein. Bugs. Und Fracht Ges.

Kalliope. Tonnage 1,434 tons. Built in 1914. Dampf. Gesellschaft Neptun.

Kandelfels. Tonnage 5,739 tons. Built in 1912. Owner Hansa Linie.

Lesbos. Tonnage 1,928 tons. Built in 1890. Owner Deutsche Levante Linie.

Lipsos. Tonnage 3,979 tons. Built in 1902. Owner Deutsche Levante Linie.

Portimao. Tonnage 1,489 tons. Built in 1899. Owner Oldenburg-Portugiesische D.G.

Santa Fé. Tonnage 5,342 tons. Built in 1901. Owner Hamburg-Sud Amerik. D.G.

Schildturm. Tonnage 5,107 tons. Built in 1911. Owner Hansa Linie.

Sines. Tonnage 1,294 tons. Built in 1894. Owner Oldenburg-Portugiesische D.G.

Sirius. Tonnage 742 tons. Built in 1889. Owner Dampf. Gesellschaft Linie.

Tasmania. Tonnage 7,514 tons. Built in 1913. Owner Deutsch-Austral. D.G.

Theseus. Tonnage 984 tons. Built in 1900. Dampf. Owner Gesellschaft Neptun.

Totmes. Tonnage 7,130 tons. Built in 1914. Owner Kosmos Co.

Ursula. Tonnage 913 tons. Built in 1892. Owner Renata Dampfgesellschaft Th. Gribel.

Wartburg. Tonnage 4,295 tons. Built in 1905. Owner Hansa Linie.

Note

1. The ships however seemed not to have left Antwerp during the First World War while they were mentioned in a cablegram of the American Naval Attache at The Hague, Netherlands received by Amnavpar, Paris, France on 6 December 1918 as being interned in the Netherlands.