HMAT A45 Bulla

HMAT A45 Bulla was laid down as SS Hessen for the German Line Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1905. It was seized by Australian forces on September 3, 1914, when it sailed into Melbourne, being unaware of the outbreak of War and used as a troop transport during the First World War before being transferred to the Commonwealth Government Line in 1918. It was sold in 1926 to W. Schuchmann, and again renamed as Weissesee