WINDHUK WAS BUILT AT THE BLOHM & VOSS SHIPYARD IN HAMBURG, GERMANY AND COMPLETED IN 1936. SHE WAS ONE OF A PAIR OF SISTER SHIPS COMPLETED THAT YEAR FOR DEUTSCHE OST-AFRIKA LINIE: THE OTHER BEING TS PRETORIA. IN PEACETIME DEUTSCHE OST-AFRIKA LINIE OPERATED WINDHUK MAINLY BETWEEN HAMBURG, SOUTH-WEST..