Cleveland, 1908

Item

Identifier: imm-0081

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: 1908

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: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany

Tonnage and dimensions: 16,971 tons; 588' x 65'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 239; 2nd class: 224; 3rd class: 2,391

Routes: Hamburg-Southampton-Cherbourg-NY; Hamburg-Boston

History: Inaugurated Hamburg-Boston service in 1913. Sold to Sweden in 1917, but sale not recognized by Allies after Armistice. Surrendered to USA in 1919, became US transport MOBILE. Allocated to Britain in 1920, chartered to White Star (MOBILE), Liverpool-NY. Re

Legacy record identifier: Cleveland1908

Unavailable legacy image identifier: mkey 108398