Hamburg, 1899
Scope and Contents
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: 1899
Extent
From the Collection: 320 record(s)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Vessel Details
Line: Hamburg-American Line
Builder and location: "Vulkan," Stettin, Germany
Tonnage and dimensions: 10,532 tons; 499' x 60'
Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 16 knots
Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels
Passengers: 1st class: 172; 2nd class: 106; 3rd class: 1,780
Routes: Hamburg-Suez Canal-Far east; Hamburg-Southampton-Cherbourg-NY; [Genoa]-Naples-NY
History: Planned as BAVARIA, launched as HAMBURG for Far East service. Transferred to Hamburg-NY trade in 1904. Interned Aug. 1914 in NY. Sailed as RED CROSS for International Red Cross 1914; reverted to HAMBURG. Seized by US Govt. in 1917, renamed POWHATAN. Acqui
Legacy record identifier: Hamburg1899
Repository Details
Part of the Other Resources Repository
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