President Lincoln, 1907

Item

Identifier: imm-0257

Staff Only

Image of President Lincoln (1907); mkey 332738

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: 1907

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: Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland

Tonnage and dimensions: 18,162 tons; 599' x 68'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 14.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 6 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 200; 2nd class: 150; 3rd class: 3,000

Routes: Hamburg-NY

History: Launched as SCOTIAN for Furness, Withy, but purchased by Hamburg-American before completion and renamed PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Seized by US in 1917, converted to transport. Torpedoed and sunk May 31, 1918, while bound from France to NY; 26 lives lost.

Legacy record identifier: President Lincoln1907