Cap Roca, 1900

Item

Identifier: imm-0056

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: 1900

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Hamburg-South American Line

Builder and location: Reiherstieg Schiffswerke, Hamburg, Germany

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,786 tons; 411' x 48'

Machinery and speed: 12 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 80; 3rd class: 500

Routes: Hamburg-River Plate

History: 1917-seized by Brazil, renamed ITU. Sailed as ALMIRANTE ALEXANDRINO for Lloyd Brasiliero after 1926. Scrapped 1966.

Legacy record identifier: Cap Roca1900