Ships of the Immigrants
S. S. Saale
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S. S. Saale
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Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering
Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1886. 5,217 gross
tons; 455 (bp) feet long; 48 feet wide. Steam
triple expansion engine, single screw.
Service speed 17 knots. 1,240 passengers
(150 first class, 90 second class, 1,000 third
class).
Built for North German Lloyd, German flag, in
1886 and named Saale. Bremerhaven-New York and
Mediterranean-New York service. Badly damaged in
Great Hoboken Pier Fire in June 1900. Sold to
Luckenbach Line, American flag, in 1900 and
renamed J. L. Luckenbach. Freighter service.
Renamed Princess in 1924. Renamed Madison in 1924.
Scrapped in Italy in 1924.
S. S. Columbia / Rapido / Terek 1889
The COLUMBIA was a Hamburg America Line ship,
built in dry dock in 1889 by Laird Bros,
Birkenhead. Her details were 7,241 gross tons,
length 463.5ft x beam 55.6ft, three funnels, three
masts, twin screw and a speed of 18 knots. There
was accommodation for 400-1st, 120-2nd and 580-3rd
class passengers. Floated on 27/2/1889, she left
Hamburg on 18/7/1889 on her maiden voyage to
Southampton and New York. On 19/12/1893 she
commenced her first voyage from Genoa to Naples
and New York and made several further winter
voyages on this route. Her last Hamburg -
Southampton - New York sailing commenced on
14/10/1897 and in 1898 she was sold to the Spanish
government for use as a troopship and auxiliary
for the Spanish - American War and renamed RAPIDO.
In 1899 she was repurchased by Hamburg America
Line, went back to her original name of COLUMBIA
and on 31/8/1899, commenced sailing between
Hamburg, Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. Her
last sailing on this route started on 9/10/1902
and on 3/4/1904 she made a single sailing from
Naples to Genoa and New York. In 1904 she was sold
to the Russian Volunteer Fleet, renamed TEREK and
used as a troop transport in the Russo - Japanese
War. Scrapped in 1907. [North Atlantic Seaway by
N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.396] [Merchant Fleets in
Profile by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America
Line]
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