Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1889

Item

Identifier: imm-0169

Staff Only

Image of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1889); mkey 196282

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: 1889

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: 4,773 tons; 449' x 51'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 120; 2nd class: 80; 3rd class: 1,000

Routes: Bremen-Southampton-NY

History: Sank at pier in Genoa June 1893. Refloated, reconditioned and altered to two masts; tonnage increased to 6,990. Wrecked in 1908.

Legacy record identifier: Kaiser Wilhelm II1889