Minnehaha, 1900

Item

Identifier: imm-0215

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: 1900

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: 13,443 tons; 600' x 65'

Machinery and speed: Triple-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 250

Routes: London-NY

History: Grounded on Scilly Isles April 1910, but was refloated and put back into service. Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine 12 miles from Fastnet Sept. 7, 1917, with loss of 43 lives.

Legacy record identifier: Minnehaha1900