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The Ship Cassel
CASSEL
SS Cassel. Built in 1901 by Tecklenborg for Norddeutscher Lloyd.
7,543 tons; 428 feet long x 54 feet broad; 1 funnel, 2 masts; twin screw propulsion, service speed 13 knots.
Interchangeable between the various Norddeutscher Lloyd service routes, but mostly in the Bremen - Baltimore service.
1919 handed over to France as war reparations, and renamed "Marechal Gallieni" [Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (Prescott, Lancashire: T. Stephenson & Sons., 1955), p. 188]..[Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 11 June 1997]
The "Cassel" was built for North German Lloyd in 1901 by J.C.Tecklenborg, Geestemunde.
She was a 7,543gross ton ship, length 428.9ft x beam 54.3ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 13 knots.
There was accommodation for 140-2nd and 1,938-3rd class passengers. Launched on 31/7/1901, she sailed from Bremen on her maiden voyage to New York on 26/10/1901. On 26/6/1902 she commenced her first Bremen - Baltimore voyage and on 17/11/1910 started her first Bremen - Philadelphia - Galveston voyage.
She commenced the first of 3 voyages from Bremen to Capetown and Australia on 7/10/1911 and her first Bremen - Boston voyage on 8/10/1913. On 14/5/1914 she started her first voyage from Bremen to New York, Philadelphia and Galveston and in August of that year was laid up in Germany.
In 1919 she went to the French company, Messageries Maritimes and was renamed "Marechal Gallieni" and in 1926 was scrapped at La Seyne.
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.565] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 4 January 1998]
The Ship Ultonia
Ultonia
1898 - 1917
Gross Tonnage - 8,845
Dimensions - 152.39 x 17.49 (500.0 x 57.4ft)
Number of funnels - 1
Number of masts - 4
Construction - Steel
Propulsion - Twin-screw
Engines - Six-cylindered triple-expansion
Service speed - 13 knots
Builder - Swan & Hunter, Wallsend-on-Tyne (engines by Sir C.Furness,Westgarth & C0.Ltd., Middlesbrough)
Launch date - 4 June 1898
Passenger accommodation - none initially, but accommodation for 675 3rd class passengers was later added.
The Ultonia was originally launched as a cargo steamer for the cattle trade and, after a period of trials, it sailed from the Tyne to Boston on 28 October 1898.
At the start of 1899 it was converted to accommodate 675 3rd class passengers. Its first voyage as a passenger ship was on 28 February from Liverpool to Boston, via Queenstown.
The Ultonia continued to run this service until 9 February 1904.
In 1904 the ship underwent a further conversion which increased the gross tonnage to 10,402 and altered the passenger accommodation to allow for 120 2nd class passengers and 2,100 3rd class passengers. This was to cater for the emigrant trade.
On 29 April it made its maiden voyage since the conversion from Trieste to Fiume to Naples and then on to New York. This service was maintained until 31 October 1911. In April 1912 it briefly served the Southampton to Montreal route before returning to the Trieste-New York route. In August 1914 the Ultonia was the means by which some of the 'Old Contemptibles' were brought from Malta to England, it then proceeded to India with territorial troops.
It subsequently returned to the company's service and was finally sunk in June 1917, it was torpedoed by German submarine U53. At the time it was eastward bound and about 350 miles west from Land's End. The Ultonia sank in 10 minutes but fortunately it was being escorted by a 'Q boat', which picked up the crew and landed them at Falmouth. One man was killed during the operation of leaving the ship.
The Ship Brandenburg
BRANDENBURG
The "Brandenburg" was built by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack in 1902 for
Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd] of Bremen.
She was a 7,532 gross
ton ship, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was
accommodation for 60-2nd and 1,660-3rd class passengers.
Launched on
21/12/1901, she sailed from Bremen on her maiden voyage to New York on
22/3/1902. She commenced her first voyage from Bremen to Baltimore on
1/5/1902 and subsequently sailed between Bremen and New York and/or
Baltimore.
On 14/7/1910 she commenced her first voyage from Bremen to
Philadelphia and on 23/7/1914 started her last voyage from Bremen to
Philadelphia (arr 5/8/1914). She then proceeded to Trondhjem, Norway where
she was interned.
In 1919 she was surrendered to Britain as war reparations.
Her name was unchanged until 1922 when she came under the control of Alfred
Holt's Blue Funnel Line and became the "Hecuba". In July 1922 she was run
down while at anchor at Constantinople by the Byron Line vessel "Maid of
Milos".
She was scrapped in 1925. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor,
vol.2,p.565]
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Built by J.C. Tecklenborg, Geestemunde, Germany, 1908. 17082 gross tons;
613 (bp) feet long; 68 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 17 knots. 2519 passengers ( 425 first class, 338 second class, 1756 third class ).
Built for North German Lloyd, German flag, in 1908 and named Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm. Bremerhaven-New York service. Laid up during World War I.
Given as reparations to British Government, British flag, in 1919. Sold to Canadian Pacific Steamships, British flag, in 1921 and renamed Empress of China.
Renamed Empress of India in 1921. Liverpool-Quebec City service.
Renamed Montlaurier in 1922. Renamed Monteith in 1925.
Renamed Montnairn in 1925.
Scrapped in Italy in 1930.