Prinzess Alice, 1900

Item

Identifier: imm-0265

Staff Only

Image of Prinzess Alice (1900); mkey 105801

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: North German Lloyd

Builder and location: "Vulkan", Stettin, Germany

Tonnage and dimensions: 10,911 tons; 523' x 60'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 15.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels

Routes: Bremen-NY; Bremen-Far East

History: Mainly in Far East service. Purchased from Hamburg-American Line in 1903 (ex-KIAUTSCHOU). Renamed PRINCESS MATOIKA (!917); PRESIDENT ARTHUR (1921); CITY OF HONOLULU (1924). Badly damaged by fire as CITY OF HONOLULU in 1930. Sold to shipbreakers in 1933.

Legacy record identifier: Prinzess Alice1900