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Hamburg ship WESER [1857] - See:
PETER GODDEFROY (1851)
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WESER (1867)
SERAVALLE [1896]
Photograph of the WESER (L) with the HOHENSTAUFEN (R) in
drydock. Source: Clas Broder Hansen, Passenger liners from Germany,
1816-1990, translated from the German by Edward Force (West Chester,
Pennsylvania: Schiffer Pub., c1991), p. 31.
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The steamship WESER, the second of four vessels of this name owned by
Norddeutscher Lloyd, was built by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #137), and was
launched on 19 March 1867. 2,870 tons; 99,05 x 12,19 meters / 325 x 40 feet
(length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw
propulsion (tandem low-pressure single-expansion engine, 800-1,500 horsepower),
service speed 11 knots; accommodation for 60 passengers in 1st class, 120 in 2nd
class, and 700 in steerage; crew of 74 to 105.
1 June 1867, maiden voyage, Bremen - Southampton - New York. 1881, compound
engines by Caird & Co; 1,300 horsepower, with reduced coal consumption. 13 June
1895, last voyage, Bremen-New York-Baltimore. 3 August 1895, first of two
voyages, Bremen-South America. June 1896, sold to Italy for scrapping; delivery
voyage as SERAVALLE (Italian flag); August 1896, scrapped at Genoa.
Source: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd.
1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 14 (photograph); Edwin Drechsel,
Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol.
1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p. 39, no. 17 (photograph); 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. 545.
Voyages:
- Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Wessels, arrive at New
York on 17 September 1869, from Bremen 4 September, via Southampton 7
September, with merchandise and passengers to Oelrichs & Co.
- Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Wenke, arrived at New
York on 26 November 1869, from Bremen 13 November, via Southampton 16
November, with merchandise and 356 passengers, to Oelrichs & Co; had "light
variable westerly winds" on the voyage.
- Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Willigerod, arrived at
New York on 12 October 1872, at 4:50 A.M., from Bremen 28 September, via
Southampton 1 October (3 P.M.), with merchandise and 809 passengers. "Had
westerly winds and high seas east of the Banks."
- Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. De Limon, arrived at New
York on 23 April 1876 (passenger manifest dated 24 April 1876), from Bremen 8
April, via Southampton 11 April, with merchandise and 500 passengers, to
Oelrichs & Co.
- Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Meyer, arrived at New
York on 13 December 1878 (passenger manifest dated 14 December 1878), from
Bremen 1 December, via Southampton 3 December.
- Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Bruns, arrived at New
York on 25 April 1881 (passenger manifest dated 26 April 1881), from Bremen 13
April.
[17 Jul 1999
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