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Pretoria, 1897

 Item
Identifier: imm-0259
Image of Pretoria (1897); mkey 332740
Image of Pretoria (1897); mkey 332741
Image of Pretoria (1897); mkey 109040
Image of Pretoria (1897); mkey 196261

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: 1897

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Vessel Details

Line: Hamburg-American Line

Builder and location: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany

Tonnage and dimensions: 13,234 tons; 561' x 62'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 13.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 160; 2nd class: 190; 3rd class: 2,400

Routes: Hamburg-NY

History: Placed under control of British Shipping Controller after WWI and chartered to Ellerman Lines. Sold to British shipbreakers November 1921.

Legacy record identifier: Pretoria1897

Repository Details

Part of the Other Resources Repository

Contact:
Mystic Seaport Museum
112 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic Connecticut 06355 USA
860.572.5367