H.H. Meier, 1892

Item

Identifier: imm-0145

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: 1892

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: North German Lloyd

Builder and location: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Newcastle, England

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,140 tons; 421' x 48'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 13.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 3 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 75; 2nd class: 300; 3rd class: 1,000

Routes: Bremen-NY; Bremen-Baltimore; Bremen-South America

History: Launched 1891 as LUCANIA for McIver. Transferred 1892 to NDL. Renamed MANUEL CALVO for Cia Trasatlántica 1901. Laid up 1936. Rebuilt as cargo steamer. Laid up 1950. Became DRAGO for Spanish Line 1952. Scrapped 1959.

Legacy record identifier: H.H. Meier1892