Andalusia, 1896

Item

Identifier: imm-0014

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1896

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Hamburg-American Line

Builder and location: Palmers Co., Jarrow-on-Tyne, England

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,457 tons; 398' x 50'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 13 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 20; 3rd class: 1,100

Routes: Hamburg-New York

History: Maiden voyage January 6, 1897, Hamburg-New York; last voyage Dec. 12, 1897. Transferred to Far East service. German troopship during Boxer War in China. Seized by US at Manila 1917, became ANDALUSIA (U.S. Govt.). Scrapped 1925.

Legacy record identifier: Andalusia1896