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S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II
Ship Name: Kaiser Wilhelm II
Years in service: 1903-1917
Funnels: 4
Masts: 3
Aliases: Agamemnon (1917), Monticello (1927)
Shipping Line: North German Lloyd
Ship Description: Built by "Vulkan", Stettin, Germany. Tonnage: 19,361. Dimensions: 684' x 72' (706' o.l.). Twin-screw, 23 1/2 knots. Quadruple expansion engines; 42,000 I.H.P. Three masts and four funnels.
History: Note: Largest express liner in the world built to date. Dining room was 108 feet by 69 feet wide. Height from keel to roof of smoking room was 72 feet high. Won the trans-Atlantic speed record in 1903. Her best days' run being 564 nautical miles. Passengers: 775 first, 343 second, 770 third. Maiden voyage: Bremen-Southampton-New York, April 14, 1903. Renamed: (a) Agamemnon (1917), (b) Monticello (1927) United States Government. Scrapped at Baltimore in 1940. Running mates: Kronprinzessin Cecilie (identical), Kronprinz Wilhelm and Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
| Owner of original | ancestry.com |
| File name | S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II (reduced).jpg |
| File Size | 64.34k |
| Dimensions | 1024 x 247 |
| Linked to | Passenger Manifest of the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II; Rudolf PETRZELKA (Immigration); Rudolf STAROBA (Immigration) |
| Albums | Ship Manifests |
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