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FRANCE
The "France" was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St Nazaire between 1957-1962 for the French Line (Compagnie Generale Transatlantique). Her details were 66,348 gross tons, overall length 1035.2ft x beam 110.9ft, two funnels, one mast, four screws and a speed of 34 knots. There was accommodation for 500-1st and 1,550-tourist class passengers. Launched on 11/5/1960, she left Havre on her maiden voyage for Southampton and New York on 3/2/1962. Later that year, her four bladed propellers were replaced by five bladed. On 4/5/1967 she made her first sailing from Havre to Southampton and Quebec for the International Exhibition (one round voyage). On 13/7/1967, she started her first voyage from Havre - Southampton - Quebec - New York and on 4/10/1968 made her last sailing on this route (3 round voyages). On 14/10/1971 she started her first voyage Bremen - Havre - Southampton - New York and on 5/9/1974 commenced her last New York - Southampton - Havre voyage. On 12/9/1974 she anchored off Havre owing to the crew's refusal to enter port as a protest against the impending lay up of the ship. On 10/10/1974 she finally entered port and was laid up on 7/12/1974.She left Havre for Bremerhaven on 18/8/1979 for conversion to a one class cruise ship for the Norwegian Caribbean Line. She was completely renovated, her tonnage increased to 69,379 tons, her two outer propellers removed to give her a speed of 21 knots, her hull painted white and her name changed to "Norway". She was then the largest passenger ship in commission. [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 8 November 1997][back] [torna alla pagina precedente]
FULDA
The "Fulda" belonged to Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd]. She was built by John Elder & Co, Glasgow, she was a 4816 gross ton ship, length 429.8ft x beam 45.9ft, two funnels, four masts, iron construction, single screw, speed 16 knots. Accommodation for 120-1st, 130-2nd and 1,000-3rd class passengers. Launched on 15/11/1882, commenced her maiden voyage on 14/3/1883 from Bremen to Southampton and New York. On 14/3/1886 she rescued all the passengers and crew of the Cunard vessel "Oregon" which was sunk in collision near Long Island. She started her last voyage on this run on 7/10/1891 and was transferred on 24/10/1891 to the New York - Genoa service. Last voyage commenced 27/10/1898 and was chartered to Cie. Trasatlantica for Spanish troop repatriation. On 2/2/1899 she entailed serious damage while in drydock at Birkenhead after provisional sale to the Canadian Steamship Co. The deal was abandoned and she was scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor] [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 2 October 1997][back] [torna alla pagina precedente]
GIAVA
KAISER WILHELM II
The "Kaiser Wilhelm II" was built by A.G.Vulkan at Stettin in 1889 for Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd]. Her dimensions were 4773 gross tons,Length 449.6ft x beam 51ft, Two funnels, four masts, single screw and a speed of 16 knots. There was accommodation for 120-1st, 80-2nd and 1,000-3rd class passengers. Launched on 23/4/1889 she sailed from Bremen on her maiden voyage for Southampton and New York on 27/8/1889 and was then put straight onto the Bremen - Suez - Australia service. After six round voyages she was rebuilt to 6661 tons and on 22/10/1892 she sailed from Bremen for Southampton and NY. On 30/11/1892 she was transferred to the Genoa - Naples - NY service until on 5/6/1893 she sank at her berth at Genoa. She was refloated and on 8/7/1893 resumed the Bremen - Southampton - NY service until 8/11/1893 when she went back to the Genoa - Naples - NY run. On 18/12/1900 she left New York on her last voyage to Naples and Genoa and was then renamed "Hohenzollern" Between 9/1/1901 and 21/5/1906 she ran between Genoa, Naples and New York and subsequently ran within the Mediterranean. On 10/5/1908 she ran aground at Alghero, Sardinia, was refloated and scrapped in Italy. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 12 September 1997][back] [torna alla pagina precedente]
LA BRETAGNE
LA BOURGOGNE
The "La Bourgogne" was built in 1885 by Forges & Chantiers de la Mediteranee, La Seyne for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line). She was a 7,395 gross ton vessel, length 494.4ft x beam 52.2ft, two funnels, four masts, iron and steel construction, single screw and a speed of 17 knots. There was accommodation for 390-1st, 65-2nd and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched on 8/10/1885, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Havre to New York on 19/6/1886. In Feb.1896 she collided with, and sank the steamer "Atlas" off the US coast. In 1897-8 she was fitted with quadruple expansion engines and her masts reduced to two. On 4/7/1898 she was sunk in collision in dense fog with the British sailing ship "Cromartyshire" off Cape Sable. At the time, she was carrying 506 passengers and 220 crew of whom 549 were lost. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.656] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 29 October 1997][back] [torna alla pagina precedente]
LA CHAMPAGNE
LA GASCOGNE
Steamship LA GASCOGNE, built by Forges & Chantiers de la M'editerran'ee, La Seyne, for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (CGT, or the French Line). Laid down as L'ATLANTIQUE. 7,395 tons; 150,99 meters (495.4 feet) long x 15,91 meters (52.2 feet) beam; straight bow, 2 funnels, 4 masts; iron and steel construction, screw propulsion, service speed 17 knots; accommodation for 390 1st-, 65 2nd-, and 600 3rd-class passengers. 5 January 1886, launched as LA GASCOGNE. 18 September 1886, maiden voyage, Havre-New York. 1894, quadruple-expansion engines by CGT, St. Nazaire; masts reduced to 2; 3rd-class accommodation increased to 1,500. 4 March 1911, last voyage, Havre-New York. 1912, acquired by the Compagnie de Navigation Sud Atlantique; name retained. 2 November 1912, first voyage, Bordeaux-South America. August 1914, French auxiliary cruiser, but soon returned to Company. 26 February 1915, first voyage under charter to CGT, Bordeaux-New York. 16 July 1915, last voyage, Bordeaux-New York (3 roundtrip voyages). 1915, again requisitioned; depot ship at Salonica, Greece. 1919, laid up at Bordeaux. 1 July 1919, arrived Geona to be scrapped [Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 657; Bonsor, South Atlantic Seaway; An illustrated history of the passenger lines and liners from Europe to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina (Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications, 1983), p. 411]. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 160, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970 [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 15 August 1997][back] [torna alla pagina precedente]
LA TOURAINE
LABRADOR
The "Labrador" of 1881 was launched by Chantier de Penhoet at St Nazaire in 1865 as the "Nouveau Monde" for the French Line (Compagnie Generale Transatlantique). Her dimensions were 3200 gross tons, length 346.6ft x beam 43.8ft. She was an iron built, paddle steamer two funnels and two masts and a service speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 128 1st, 54 2nd and 29 3rd class passengers. She made her maiden voyage from St.Nazaire to Vera Cruz and was then transferred to the Havre - New York service for one voyage. She was then put onto the St.Nazaire - West Indies run. In 1875, she was lengthened to 394.9ft, 4612 tons and converted from paddle to a single screw vessel. A third mast was added and she was renamed "Labrador". From 20.11.1875 she returned to the Havre - NY service until 1886 when she was transferred to the Havre - Panama run. She was sold in 1904 and scrapped at Genoa in 1905. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List byTed Finch - 22 July 1997][back] [torna alla pagina precedente]
RHAETIA
"Rhaetia" - Built by Reiherstieg, Hamburg in 1882 for the emigrant service of the Hamburg America Line. She was a 3,467 gross ton vessel, length 350.1ft x beam 42.6ft, one funnel, three masts (the foremast rigged for sail), single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 96-1st and 1,100-3rd class passengers. Launched on 23/11/1882, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Havre and New York on 4/4/1883. On 4/11/1894 she commenced her last voyage on this service and in 1895 was taken by Harland & Wolff (shipbuilders) in part payment for the new ship "Pennsylvania". She then went to a German company and in 1898 was sold to the US Navy and renamed "Cassius". In 1900, she became a US army transport and was renamed "Sumner". On 11/12/1916 she was wrecked on Barnegat Shoals, NJ. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.393] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 15 November 1997]The steamship RHAETIA was built by Reiherstiegwerft, Hamburg, for the Hamburg American Line, and launched on 23 November 1882. 3,553 tons; 107,11 x 13,07 x 8,86 meters (length x breadth x depth of hold); straight bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; steel construction, screw propulsion, service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 96 passengers in 1st class and 1,100 in steerage. 4 April 1883, maiden voyage, Hamburg-Havre-New York. 4 November 1894, last voyage, Hamburg-Havre-New York. 1895, taken by Harland & Wolff in part payment for the PENNSYLVANIA; sold to J. H. B"ogel, Hamburg. 24 May 1898, sold to the U.S. Navy and renamed CASSIUS. 1900, SUMNER (U.S. Army transport). 11 December 1916, wrecked on Barnegat Shoals, New Jersey [Walter Kresse, ed., Seeschiffs-Verzeichnis der Hamburger Reedereien, 1824-1888, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Hamburgische Geschichte, N. F., Bd. 5. (Hamburg: Museum fur Hamburgische Geschichte, 1969), vol. 1, p. 198; Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg- Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 40; Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New_(2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 1 (1975), p. 393. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 280, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer]
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