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The Genealogy of the Ruzicka and Manchak Families
Maryland, USA
S.S. Hermann
The steamship HERMANN was ordered in August 1864 and laid down for Norddeutscher Lloyd as the EUROPA by Caird & Co., Greenock, but was launched in June 1865 as the HERMANN, in honour of the founder of Norddeutscher Lloyd (Hermann Heinrich Meier) and of the Germanic hero. She was 2,715 tons gross; 96.92m x 12.19m (318 x 40 ft; length x beam); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; hull of iron construction, screw propulsion, single propeller, 2 inverted engines giving a speed of 11 knots; there was accommodation for 80 passengers in 1st class, 120 in 2nd class, and 500 in steerage; crew of 105.
17 December 1865, maiden voyage, Bremen - Southampton - New York.
1872, engines compounded by Day, Summers & Co, Southampton; service speed 12.5 knots, coal consumption cut by 30 percent.
21 April 1884, stranded on the Tegeler Plate off the mouth of the Weser, and broke her keel; complete reconstruction with straight stem, triple-expansion engine.
22 December 1892, last voyage, Bremen-New York.
13 February 1893, sold to Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, in part exchange for the H. H. MEIER.
1895, sold to H. F. Swan, Newcastle.
1896, scrapped in Genoa.
| File name | SS-Hermann.jpg |
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| Dimensions | 600 x 314 |
| Linked to | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., Passenger Lists, 1820-1964; Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Maryland, USA; Antonia URBAN (Immigration); Albina WESLEY (Immigration); Joseph Frank WESLEY (Immigration) |
| Albums | Ship Manifests |