Guadeloupe, 1908

Item

Identifier: imm-0143

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: French Line

Builder and location: Chantiers d'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France

Tonnage and dimensions: 6,600 tons; 432' x 52'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels

Routes: France-West Indies-Colon

History: Launched 1906 for Compagnie Génénerale Transatlantique. Chartered 1915 to Conpagnie de Naivigation Sud Atlantique Bordeaux-South America. Capture by German cruiser KRONPRINZ WILHELM 1915; sunk.

Legacy record identifier: Guadeloupe1908