Venezia, 1907

Item

Identifier: imm-0312

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: 1907

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Fabre Line

Builder and location: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne, Newcastle, England

Tonnage and dimensions: 6,707 tons; 457' x 51'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 15.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: 1st class: 80; 3rd class: 1,800

Routes: Marseilles-NY

History: Destroyed by fire on voyage from Cuba to France, Oct. 19, 1919, while under charter to French Line.

Legacy record identifier: Venezia1907