Infanta Isabel, 1912

Item

Identifier: imm-0159

Staff Only

Image of Infanta Isabel (1912); mkey 27990

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: 1912

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Pinillos Line

Builder and location: Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 8,182 tons; 459' x 58'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 15 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 144; 2nd class: 150; 3rd class: 1,750

Routes: Barcelona-Cadiz-Las Palmas-Montevideo-Buenos Aires

History: Made one voyage Aug. 1914 Barcelona-Cadiz-NY to repatriate Americans stranded in Europe. After war in 1919 made two North Atlantic viyages as a troopship from Marseilles and Bordeaux, respectively. Transferred to Compañía Oceanica 1925. In 1926 became MID

Legacy record identifier: Infanta Isabel1912