Vessel History

Pictures and Information courtesy of Ellis Island Historical Records.

Arival April 12, 1894 on this Ship;
Michael and Barbara Stevahn,
Martin and Barbara Ketterling.

SS Spree 1890 - 1905

Built by A/G Vulcan Shipyard, Stettin, Germany, 1890. Weight 6963 gross tons;
463 (bp) feet long; 51 feet wide. Compound engine, single screw, service speed
19 knots. Accommodation 826 passengers, 244 first class, 122 second class,
460 third class. Renamed Kaiserin Maria Theresia in 1899, later transferred
to the Russian Navy in 1904 and renamed URAL. Sunk off Japan in 1905.

Arival April 5, 1893 on this Ship;
Johann, Regina and Karolina Stevahn.

SS Darmstadt 1880 - 1923

Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1880.
Weight 5012 gross tons; 413 (bp) feet long; 48 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engine,
single screw, service speed 13 knots. Accommodation 1991 passengers, 49 first class,
38 second class,1904 third class. Renamed Kara Beniz in 1911, scrapped in 1923.

Arival April 6, 1898 on this Ship;
Adolph, Karoline and Friedrich Gruszie.
Arival June 27, 1899 on this Ship;
Jacob Martel.

SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 - 1914

Built by A/G Vulcan Shipyard, Stettin, Germany, 1897. Weight 13592 gross tons;
627 (bp) feet long; 66 feet wide. Triple-expansion engine, twin screw propulison
28,000 horsepower service speed 22.5 knots. Accommodation 1749 passengers,
322 first class, 343 second class, 1074 third class. She had a stright stem, two masts
and four funnels, was the first 4-funnel ship and the fastest ship in the world at that
time. The ship was top-heavy and was known as "Rolling Billy". The crew scuttled
her on August 26, 1914 after being damaged in a 90-minute battle with the British
cruiser HMS Highflyer off Rio de Oro, Spanish West Africa.

Arival August 18, 1902 on this Ship;
Friedrick and Christine Martel.

SS Kroonland 1902 - 1927

Built by W Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was launched on Feb. 20, 1902.
Weight 12,760 gross tons; 600 (bp) feet long; 60 feet wide, two funnels, four masts.
Steam tripple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 17 knots.
Accommodation 1,537 passengers, 343 first class, 194 second class,
1,000 third class. Laid up in 1926; scrapped in Italy in 1927.

Arival February 12, 1902 on this Ship;
Friedrick, Georg and Karolina Martel.

SS Haverford 1901 - 1925

Built by John Brown & Co. of Clydebank, Scotland was launched in 1901.
Weight 11,635 gross tons; 550 (bp) feet long; 59 feet wide. Steam triple expansion
engines, twin screw. Service speed 14 knots. Accommodation 1,850 passengers,
150 second class, 1,700 third class. Scrapped in Italy in 1925.

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