S.S. ALLEMANNIA

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ALLEMANIA The "Allemania" was a 2,695 gross ton ship built in 1865 by C.A.Day & Co, Southampton for the Hamburg America Line. Her details were - length315ft x beam 41ft, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for60-1st, 100-2nd and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched on 11/5/1865, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Southampton and NewYork on 17/9/1865. In 1872 she was fitted with compound engines and commenced her last voyage to New York on 5/10/1872. She was thentransferred to the Hamburg - West Indies service until 11/4/1880, when she resumed the Hamburg - New York run. On 5/9/1880 she commenced herlast voyage (3 round voyages) and was then sold to the British company, Hunter & Co.who renamed her "Oxenholme". In 1894 she was sold toA.Chapman and on 6/6/1894 was abandoned with no loss of life after striking rocks near Santa Catharina, Brazil. Be careful if ordering a photographthat you specify the date of the vessel as this company had another "Allemania" built in 1881 and an "Allemannia" bought in 1905. [Posted to TheShipsList by Ted Finch - 18 October 1997]

The steamship ALLEMANNIA (I) was built by C. A. Day & Co, Southampton (Ship No. 23), for the Hamburg American Line, and launched on 11May 1865. 2,695 tons; 96 x 12,5 meters/315 x 41 feet (length x breadth); straight bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, servicespeed 12 knots; accommodation for 60 passengers in 1st class, 100 in 2nd class, and 600 in steerage; crew of 90. 17 September 1865, maiden voyage,Hamburg-Southampton-New York. 1872, compound engines by Reiherstiegweft, Hamburg. 5 October 1872, last voyage, Hamburg-New York.Hamburg-New Orleans, then Hamburg-West Indies service. 11 April-11 September 1880, resumed Hamburg-New York service (3 roundtripvoyages). 1880, purchased by W. Hunter & Co, Liverpool, and renamed OXENHOLME. 1894, sold to A. Chapman, Liverpool. 6 June 1894, bound toSouth America, stranded near Santa Catharina, Brazil, with no loss of life [Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg- Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 26 (photograph, the earliest known of any Hamburg American Line vessel); Noel ReginaldPixell 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. 388]. Also pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Shipsof Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 5, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970 - [Posted to the Emigration-ShipsMailing List by Michael Palmer - 28 February 1998]

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