Taormina, 1908

Item

Identifier: imm-0298

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: 1908

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Lloyd Italiano

Builder and location: D. & W. Henderson Co., Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 8,921 tons; 482' x 58'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 16.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Routes: Genoa-NY

History: Originally built for Italia Line, and as such was in South America service. Began Genoa-NY service for Lloyd Italiano in 1912. Transferred to Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1918. Scrapped in 1929.

Legacy record identifier: Taormina1908