Mesaba, 1898

Item

Identifier: imm-0212

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: 1898

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Atlantic Transport Line

Builder and location: Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland

Tonnage and dimensions: 6,833 tons; 482' x 52'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 13 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 120

Routes: London-NY; Antwerp-Boston-Philadelphia

History: Completed 1898 as WINIFREDA, launched for Wilson's & Furness-Leyland. Later that year joined Atlantic Transport Line, and even later in 1898 was renamed MESABA. Became an ATL reserve steamer in 1909. 1912-1914 chartered to Red Star for Antwerp-Phildaelphi

Legacy record identifier: Mesaba1898