Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1905

Item

Identifier: imm-0171

Staff Only

Image of Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (1905); mkey 109017

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: 1905

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Hamburg-American Line

Builder and location: "Vulkan," Stettin, Germany

Tonnage and dimensions: 24,541 tons; 677' x 77'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 18 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 472; 2nd class: 174; 3rd class: 1,820

Routes: Hamburg-NY

History: Launched as the largest ship in the world. Ceded to Great Britain after WWI. Served in Cunard Line fleet for a time. Acquired by Canadian Pacific Line in 1921, renamed EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND. Scrapped 1934.

Legacy record identifier: Kaiserin Auguste Victoria1905