Lahn, 1887

Item

Identifier: imm-0192

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: 1887

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: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,681 tons; 448' x 49'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 18.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 224; 2nd class: 106; 3rd class: 700

Routes: Bremen-Southampton-NY; Genoa-Naples-NY

History: When new, LAHN was the third fastest steamer on the Atlantic. Reduced to 2 masts 1896. Placed in Mediterranean-NY service 1901. Acquired by Russian Navy 1904, renamed RUSS. Scrapped 1907.

Legacy record identifier: Lahn1887