City of Berlin, 1875

Item

Identifier: imm-0068

Staff Only

Image of City of Berlin (1875); mkey 196270

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: 1875

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Inman Line

Builder and location: Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,491 tons; 488' x 44'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 3 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 170; 2nd class: 100; 3rd class: 1,500

Routes: Liverpool-Queenstown-NY

History: First interior electric light on the North Atlantic. In 1893 became BERLIN for the American Line (British flag); sailed Southampton-NY. 1893-95 sailed Antwerp-NY for Red Star Line. 1898 resumed Southampton-Queenstown-NY. 1898 became MEADE for US Govt. Scr

Legacy record identifier: City of Berlin1875