Les Alpes, 1882

Item

Identifier: imm-0198

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: 1882

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Transports Maritimes

Builder and location: Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland

Tonnage and dimensions: 4,164 tons; 420' x 42'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 12 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 1 funnel

Routes: Liverpool-Philadelphia; Marseilles-South America

History: Launched as BRITISH PRINCESS for British owners. Chartered to American Line for Liverpool-Philadelphia service. Renamed LES ALPES when acquired by Transports Maritimes in 1896. 1907-France-Amerique Line.

Legacy record identifier: Les Alpes1882