Havel, 1890

Item

Identifier: imm-0148

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: 1890

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: "Vulkan," Stettin, Germany

Tonnage and dimensions: 6,963 tons; 463' x 51'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 18 knots

Masts and funnels: 3 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 244; 2nd class: 122; 3rd class: 460

Routes: Bremen-Southampton-NY

History: The last Atlantic single-screw express steamer to be built. Sold to Spanish government 1898. Renamed METEORO 1898 and ALFONSO XII 1899. Scrapped 1926.

Legacy record identifier: Havel1890