PACIFIC
The "Pacific" was a 2,707 gross ton ship, built in 1849 by Jacob Bell, New York (engines by Allaire Iron Works, New York) for the American owned Collins Line. Her details were - length 281ft x beam 45ft, straight stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), wooden construction, side paddle wheel propulsion and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 200-1st class passengers. Launched on 1st Feb.1849, she left New York on her maiden voyage to Liverpool on 25th May 1850. Between 11th - 21st Sept.1850 she made a record passage from Liverpool to New York, and between 10th - 20th May 1851 made a record passage from New York to Liverpool. In 1851 she had accommodation for 80-2nd class passengers added, and in 1853 (approx.) her mizzen (third) mast was removed. She sailed from Liverpool for New York on 23rd Jan.1856 and went missing with the loss of 186-286 lives.[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.207] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 17 August 1998]

PACIFICA
Built by Caird & Co, Greenock as the "Silesia" for the Hamburg America Line, she was a 3,142 gross ton ship, length 339.9ft x beam 40ft, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was capacity for 90-1st, 130-2nd and 520-3rd class passengers. Launched on 14th April 1869, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Havre and New York on 23rd Jun.1869. She started her last voyage on this service on 24th Feb.1875 and was then laid up. In 1877 she was fitted with compound engines and subsequently sailed on the Hamburg - West Indies service. In 1887 she was sold to British owners and renamed "Pacifica" and in 1888 was resold to Solari & Schiaffino of Italy and renamed "Citta di Napoli". In Nov.1889 she came under the ownership of Lavarello and was used on the Genoa - South America service. She went to La Veloce of Genoa in 1891, was renamed "Montevideo" and continued on the same service until 2nd Dec.1899 when she was wrecked neat the Island of Lobos, River Plate. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.390] [South Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor] The other account I have is similar, but differs in - 1887 Sold to H.F.Swan, Newcastle. Renamed "Pacifica"; 1888 Re-engined by Hawthorne Leslie, Newcastle.; 1894(sic) Acquired by Lavarello; 1890 Renamed "Citta di Napoli", then "Montevideo" of La Veloce, Genoa.; 1898 Wrecked, Lobos Island.; 1899 Salvaged and broken up. [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4,Hamburh America Line, p.34,] According to Bonsor, she was called the "Citta di Napoli" in 1889, but according to Haws she was still the "Pacifica" at this date. However, I have no record of H.F.Swan running a passenger service. [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 25 August 1998]

PALATIA
The "Palatia" was built by A.G.Vulcan, Stettin in 1894 for the Hamburg America Line. She was a sister ship to the "Patria" and "Phoenicia" and was the first of three ships with this name owned by the company (the other two being cargo ships). Her details were - 7,326 gross tons, length 460ft x beam 52ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 60-1st and 2,000-3rd class passengers. Launched on 8/12/1894, she sailed from Hamburg on 28/4/1895 on her maiden voyage to New York. She commenced her last voyage from Hamburg to Boulogne and New York on 31/3/1902 and on 10/5/1902 commenced sailing between Genoa, Palermo, Naples and New York. Her last sailing on this service started on 26/4/1904 (10 round voyages) and she was sold to the Russian Navy later the same year and renamed "Nikolaiev". She was converted to an auxiliary cruiser and mine schoolship. In 1917 she was renamed "Norodovoletz" and on 6/6/1920, foundered at Petrograd (Leningrad, St.Petersburg). In 1925 she was scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.401] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 26 November 1997]

PALERMO (1)
The "Palermo" of 1913 was built in 1899 by Palmers Co Ltd, Jarrow-on-Tyne as the "British Princess" for British Shipowners. She was a 9,203 gross ton ship, length 470ft x beam 56.8ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 70-1st and 2,200-3rd class passengers. Launched on 11/7/1899, she sailed between Antwerp and New York for the Phoenix Line probably as a cargo vessel until, in 1906 she was purchased by Navigazione Generale Italiana, fitted with passenger accommodation and renamed "Lazio". On 21/3/1906 she sailed on her first voyage between Genoa, Palermo, Naples and New York, and commenced her last voyage on this service on 21/5/1913. She was then renamed "Palermo", and on 8/7/1913 started Genoa - Naples - Halifax - Boston voyages. On 2/12/1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine near San Sebastian, Spain. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.3, p.1116-7] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 19 April 1998]

PALERMO (2)
See SAN GIOVANNI.

PALESTINE
The "Palestine" was built by R.Steele & Co, Greenock (engines by Robert Napier, Glasgow) in 1858 for the Cunard Line. She was a 1,800 gross ton ship, length 276ft x beam 36.1ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Launched in 1858 for the Mediterranean service, she commenced sailings between Liverpool, Quebec and Montreal under charter to the Allan Line on 16/5/1860. She started her fourth and last Allan voyage between Liverpool and Portland on 8/11/1860 and commenced Cunard voyages between Liverpool and New York on 25/12/1860. On 4/4/1865 she started her first Liverpool - Halifax - New York sailing and in January 1866 made her first Liverpool - Boston - New York voyage. Her last voyage on this route was made in November 1868 (4 round voyages on the Cunard N.Atlantic service). In 1872 she was sold to W.H.Jones, Liverpool, rebuilt to 352.1ft in length, 2,867 gross tons, three masts and fitted with compound engines by J & J.Thomson, Glasgow. Chartered to the Dominion Line, she started a single round voyage from Liverpool to Boston on 27/3/1873, and then started her first of three voyages between Liverpool, Quebec and Montreal on 16/5/1873, and her last on 21/8/1873. She was chartered to Warren Line and commenced Liverpool - Boston sailings on 24/6/1876. Her last voyage on this service started on 23/11/1892 and she was scrapped in 1896. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.146] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 23 April 1998]

PALMERSTON
The PALMERSTON was built by John Laird, Birkenhead, as an iron screw steamer (engines by Geo Forrester & Co, Liverpool), and launched on 23 May 1853, as the CHARITY, for the African Steam Ship Company, who never took delivery; she was registered to the builder at Liverpool on 16 January 1854, and was later purchased by the Canadian Steam Navigation Co. 1,240 tons gross; 244.2 x 28.5 x 22.6 feet (length x beam x depth of hold); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion (120 horsepower), service speed 9 knots; accommodation for 100 in 1st and 2nd classes, steerage accommodation. 16 January 1854, maiden voyage, for the Canadian Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool-Clyde (departed 29 January) - Portland. 15 September 1854, last voyage, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal (4 roundtrip voyages). 1854-1855, Crimean War transport. On 26 March 1859, she was purchased from the Canadian Steamship Co, [registered owner: Cropper & Co.] for 15,000 pounds sterling, by the Hamburg shipowner Robert Miles Sloman and his associates (ownership: Sloman, 3/5; Carl August Heeren, of the firm Fr. Heeren & Co, 1/5, for which he paid 40 000 marks banco; and captain Ferdinand Gottfried Herting, 1/5). Almost immediately afterwards, Sloman and his associates sold the vessel to G. Gessler, of Santander, Spain, who renamed her LA CUBANA, and placed her in the service of the Hamburg-Havana Line. On 23 March 1865, Sloman repurchased her, at auction, in Hamburg. Her engines were removed and she was converted into a 4-masted sailing bark, and renamed PALMERSTON. 556 Commerzlasten; 258' 5" x 30' 9" x 24' 2" (length x beam x depth of hold). Master: 1866-1874 - P. Kolln; 1874-? - E. H. Sutor; 1878-1884 - A. B. L. Bohmann; [1888] - A. Cordes. Voyages: 1866 - New York; 1866/67 - New York /Hartlepool; 1867 - New York/Philadelphia; 1867/68 - New York/Antwerp; 1868 - New York; 1868/69 - New York/Bremen; 1869 - New York; 1870 - New York; 1870/71 - Philadelphia; 1871 - New York; 1871/72 - New York/Charleston; 1872/74 - Otago, New Zealand/intermediate ports/Bremerhaven; 1874/84 - Philadelphia/intermediate ports/London (1881)/ intermediate ports/Valparaiso/Tocopillo, Chile; 1884/88 - Drammen, Norway/intermediate ports/Pisagua. The Sloman firm's records of her later history, in particular after 1878, are incomplete; on 9 January 1894, she was sold to Pinceti, of Genoa, and renamed FREDERICO. Her ultimate fate is not known [Return of Registered Steam Vessels of the U.K ., January 1855, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons, 1854-55 (473) XLVI.293; January 1857, Ibid., 1857 Session 2 (87) XXXIX.61; January 1858, Ibid, 1857-58 (488) LII.83; January 1859, Ibid., 1859 Session 2 (26) XXVII.493; Hieke, op. cit, pp. 375 and 377; Kresse,op. cit., vol. 2, p. 214; Noel Reginald Pixell 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), pp 265-266]. Hieke, op.cit., opposite p. 135, contains a photograph of a half-model of the PALMERSTON. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 13 December 1997]

PALMETTO STATE
See PAN AMERICA.

PAMPA
The "Pampa" of 1902 was built by Forges et Chantiers de la Mediteranee, La Seyne in 1878 for the French company, Compagnie des Chargeurs Reunis. She was a 3021 gross ton vessel, length 100.48m x beam 12,00m, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. I have no information on the number of passengers carried. Launched on 14/4/1878, she made her maiden voyage the same year from Havre to South America. She was scrapped in 1905. This is all I know about this vessel. 1929. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 15 September 1997]

PAN AMERICA
The turbine ship PAN AMERICA was built by Bethlehem Ship Building Corp, Sparrow's Point (ship #4196) for the United States Shipping Board, Baltimore, and launched on 4 June 1921 as the PALMETTO STATE. 13,712 tons; 163,1 x 20 meters (length x breadth); 1 funnel, 4 double masts; twin-screw propulsion (turbine engines), service speed 17 (maximum 19) knots; passenger accommodation: 260 in 1st class, 300 in 3rd class; crew of 203. February 1922, renamed PAN AMERICA before delivery; placed in the New York-La Plata service, operated by the Munson Line. 1926, purchased from the U.S. Shipping Board by the Munson Line. November 1938, the United States Maritime Commission takes control of the ships of the financially troubled Munson Line. February 1939, U.S. Army transport HUNTER LIGGETT. June 1941, U.S. Navy transport. 18 March 1946, again U.S. Army transport; shortly afterwards returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission; laid up. 1948, scrapped by Boston Metals [Arnold Kludas, Die grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt; Eine Dokumentation, Bd. 2: 1913-1923 (2nd ed.; Oldenburg/Hamburg: Gerhard Stalling, c1973), pp. 116-117 (photograph)]. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing list by Michael Palmer - 18 March 1998]

S.S.PAN AMERICA was launched June 4,1921 as S.S. Palmetto State. Builder: Bethlehem Ship Building Corp Sparrows Point, Maryland. Owned by: U.S.Shipping Board, Baltimore, Md. Yard Number 4196. Gross Tons 13,712. 535'x65.6' feet. Twin Screw. Steam geared turbines. Speed 17 to 19 knots. Passengers 260 lst 300 3rd class. Crew 203. 1922 completed and renamed S.S. Pan America. Operated by the Munson Steamship Co. Most likely operated on the New York to East Coast of South America route and maybe also on the New York to German North Sea Ports. 1926 Munson Line bought the vessel from the U.S. Shipping Board. 1938 due to financial problems Munson Line sold the vessel back to the U.S.S.B. Feb. 1939 vessel taken over bt the U.S. Army Transportation Service and operaated as the U.s.a.t. Hunter Ligget. June 1941 vessel operated as a U.S. Navy Transport . March 1946 again operated as a U.S.Army Transport and then shortly afterwards returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission. And then shortly afterwards laid up. 1948 Broken up at Boston Metals in Baltimore. Md This vessel was also known as a 535 Class (535 feet). This company also operated the S.S. American Legion, S.S. Western World as passenger ships. And they had several freighters in operations from the US East Coast, Cuba and U.S. Gulf Coast. - [Posted to The ShipsList by Captain C.J.Carroll - 12 April 1998]

PARIS
See PHILADELPHIA.

PARISIAN
Built for the Allan Line by R Napier & Sons, of Glasgow, the first North Atlantic mail steamer built of steel and the first with bilge keels. 5,359 tons; 134,34 x 14,08 meters (440.8 x 46.2 feet; length x beam); straight bow, 2 funnels, 4 masts; steel construction, screw propulsion, service speed 14 knots; accommodation for 150 1st-, 100 2nd-, and 1,000 3rd-class passengers. 4 November 1880, launched. 10 March 1881, maiden voyage, Liverpool-Halifax-Boston. 28 April 1881, first voyage, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal. 22 December 1898, last voyage, Liverpool-Halifax-St. John, New Brunswick. 1899, triple-expansion engines by Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast; 1 funnel. 20 July 1899, resumed Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal service. 1902, fitted with Marconi wireless telegraphy. 16 March 1905, last voyage, Liverpool-Halifax-St. John, New Brunswick. 25 May 1905, first voyage, Glasgow-New York. 17 August 1905, last voyage, Glasgow-New York (4 roundtrip voyages). 25 May 1906, Glasgow-Boston (2nd and 3rd class only), 30 April 1908, first voyage, London-Quebec-Montreal. 17 September 1909, resumed Glasgow-Boston service. April 1912, rescued some TITANIC survivors. 31 October 1913, last voyage, Glasgow-Boston-Glasgow (arrived 27 November). January 1914, scrapped in Italy [Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway, Vol. 1, pp. 315-316]. Pictured in Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors, p. 246 , courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970 [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer]

The Parisian was the first large steamer of the Allan Line, at 5,359 tons, sailing in May 1881. She was the first to have bilge keels to dampen the rolling, thus reducing seasickness. In 1902 the Parisian was equipped with the first wireless. Used on the Liverpool to Canada and the USA service Parisian was scrapped in 1914. - [E-Mail from Marj Kohli - 10 Mar 1998]

PARMA
See MORAVIA.

PARSEE
The PARSEE was a 3-masted, square-rigged ship, built in St. John, New Brunswick, in 1851. 1060/1170 tons; 172 x 32.4 x 22.5 feet (length x beam x depth of hold). She appears in the 1852-1864 annual volumes of Lloyd's Register. Master: 1852-1855 - J. Akritt; 1856-1860 - E. Thomas; 1861-1864 - E. Johns. Owner:1852-1855 - Carter & C.; 1856-1860 - Temperly; 1861-1864 - P. Rawle. Port of Registry: 1852-1860 - London; 1861-1864 - Plymouth. Port of Survey:1852 - Liverpool; 1853-1855 - London; 1856 - Liverpool; 1857-1860 - London; 1861-1864 - Liverpool. Destined Voyage: 1852 - New York; 1853-1855 - Australia; 1856 - not given; 1857-1860 - Australia; 1861-1864 - Quebec. The entry for the PARSEE in Lloyd's Register for 1864/65 is stamped "Wrecked". {Email from Michael Palmer to James Welsh; submitted by James Welsh - 20 December 1997]

PARTHIA
The first "Parthia" was built for the Cunard SS Co in 1870 by Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton. She was a 3,167 gross ton ship, length 360.5ft x beam 40.4ft, straight stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was capacity for150-1st and 1,031-3rd class passengers. Launched on 10th Sep.1870, she started her maiden voyage on 17th Dec.1870 when she left Liverpool for Queenstown (Cobh) and New York. She started her last voyage from Liverpool to Queenstown and Boston on 14th Nov.1883 and was then acquired by John Elder & Co (shipbuilders) in part payment for the "Umbria" and "Etruria".In 1885 she was fitted with triple-expansion engines and between 1887-1891 ran on the Pacific under charter to Canadian Pacific. In 1891 she came under the control of Northern Pacific and was renamed "Victoria". In subsequent years she sailed for various companies - 1898 North American Mail (US) - 1901 Northern Pacific - 1904 North Western Commercial - 1908 Alaska SS Co. In 1941 her passenger accommodation was removed and on 23rd Aug.1952 she was laid up after over 80 years of service. She was sold to the Straits Towing Co, Vancouver in 1954 for conversion to a barge. In 1955 she was renamed "Straits No.27" and in 1956 was renamed "Straits Maru" for her final voyage to the scrapyard in Japan. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.151] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 28 September 1998]

PATRIA (1)
The Bremen bark PATRIA was built for the Bremen firm of B. Grovermann & Co by Hermann Friedrich Ulrichs, of Vegesack/Fahr, and launched on 3 April 1852. 180 Commerzlasten; 35,7 x 7,4 x 5,1 meters (length x beam x depth of hold). She sailed regularly between Bremen and New York until 1856, when she was sold to August Heinrich Brauss, of Hamburg. On the evening of 7 October 1858, bound from Copenhagen to Dundee, in ballast, C. N. C. Nancke, master, she was stranded at the western entrance to Lyngor, Norway, and was lost; the crew was saved [Peter-Michael Pawlik, Von der Weser in die Welt; Die Geschichte der Segelschiffe von Weser und Lesum und ihrer Bauwerften 1770 bis 1893, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, Bd. 33 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1993), p. 276, no. 31]. No picture of the PATRIA survives. - [E-mail from Michael Palmer - 22 March 1998]

PATRIA (2)
See RUGIA (1).

PATRIA (3)
The "Patria" was built by A.G.Vulcan, Stettin for the Hamburg America Line in 1894. She was a 7,118 gross ton ship, length 460ft x beam 52ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was passenger accommodation for 60-1st and 2,000-3rd class. Launched on 25th Aug.1894, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Havre and New York on 28th Nov.1894. She continued on the Hamburg - USA service and commenced her last voyage from Hamburg to Boulogne and New York on 16th Oct.1899, but caught fire in the English Channel while homeward bound on 15th Nov.1899. Her passengers were taken off by the Hamburg America Line ship "Athesia" and she was taken in tow but sank two days later. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.401] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 25 August 1998]

December 17, 1894 New York TImes: "The Hamburg Line's New Steamship - Arrival of the Patria on Her First Trip--Description of Vessel: The steamship Patria of the Hamburg-American Line, which arrived from Hamburg Saturday night, is the latest addition to that company's fleet.The Patria was built in the yards of the Vulcan Ship Building Company, at Stettin, Germany and was launched in October. She is of the twin-screw type, and on her trial trip in November, her engines developed 4353 indicated horse power, with which she obtained an average speed of a little over 14 knots, with a maximum of 15.32 knots. The vessel is 460 feet long, 52 feet wide and 35 feet in depth, and is of 7118 gross tonnage. There are accomodations for about 50 first-class passengers. Particular attention has been paid to the construction of the steerage rooms on board, and, if necessary, no less than 2,500 passengers can be comfortably accomodated. Besides passengers and dead-weight freight, the vessel has accomodations for 500 head of cattle and cold storage rooms for 500,000 pounds of dressed meat."
I like the part about the steerage passengers being "comfortably accomodated"!! - [E-mail from Gay Parisano Raab - 2 October 1998]

PATRICIA (1)
SS Patricia, built by A. G. Vulcan, of Stettin, for the Hamburg American Line, and launched on 20 February 1899. 13,023 tons; 560.3 long x 62.3 feet broad; 1 funnel, 4 masts; twin screw propulsion, service speed 14 knots; accommodation for 162 1st-, 184 2nd-, an 2,143 3rd-class passengers. 7 May 1899, maiden voyage, Hamburg-New York. 1900, tonnage increased to 13,424. 1910, tonnage increased to 14,466; accommodation for 408 2nd- and 2,143 3rd-class passengers. 27 November 1913, last voyage, Hamburg-New York. 12 January 1914, chartered by the German government as a transport to Tsingtao. March 1919, surrendered to the U.S.A. 1920, "Patricia" (British). 1921 scrapped [Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (enlarged and revised ed.; New York: Arco Publishing Co., 1975), vol. 1, p. 405]. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., [1993]), p. 249, courtesy of Mystic Seaport Museum, 50 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT. For further information on the Patricia, including photographs, see Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff,_Die Schiffe der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie (3 vols.; Herford: Koehler, 1979-1981). [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 3 July 1997]

The "Patricia" was built by A.G.Vulcan, Stettin in 1899 for the Hamburg America Line. Her details were - 13,023 gross tons, length 560.3ft x beam 62.3ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 162-1st, 184-2nd and 2,143-3rd class passengers. Launched on 20/2/1899, she commenced her maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York on 7/5/1899. In 1900 she was rebuilt to 13,424 tons and on Jan.2, 1910 she ran down and sank the lightship "Elbe V". In 1910 she was again rebuilt to carry 408-2nd and 2,143-3rd class passengers, her tonnage becoming 14,466 tons. On 27/11/1913 she commenced her last voyage from Hamburg to New York, and on 12/1/1914 was chartered to the German Government who used her as a transport to Tsingtao (German China). In march 1919 she surrendered to the USA who used her as a Naval Transport and in 1920 she went to Great Britain and was operated by Ellerman Lines until 1921 when she was scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.405] [Merchant Fleets in Profile by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line] [Posted to the ShipsList by Ted Finch - 8 November 1997]

PATRICIA (2)
The "Patricia" was a 3,979 gross ton cargo ship, built in 1928 by Schiffswerke Henry Koch AG, Lubeck for the Caribbean service of the Hamburg America Line. Her dimensions were - length 374ft x beam 53.7ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. Used between Hamburg and West Indies until May 1940, when she was seized by the Dutch at Aruba, transferred to the Royal Netherlands SS Co and renamed "Haarlem". In 1954 she was fitted with a new engine and in 1961 was sold to Greek owners and renamed "Agios Nikolaos II". She was scrapped at Shanghai in 1967. [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 4 February 1998]

PAVIA
See GRAF WALDERSEE.

PAWEL
See HALLE.

P.CALAND
The "P.Caland" was a 2,540 gross ton ship, built by Robert Napier & Sons, Glasgow in 1874 for the Holland America Line. Her details were - length 350.1ft x beam 38.1ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was capacity for 50-1st and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched on 2/5/1874, she sailed from Rotterdam on 11/7/1874 on her maiden voyage to Plymouth and New York. On 14/7/1888 she started her first Amsterdam - New York sailing and on 24/5/1890 resumed Rotterdam - Boulogne - New York voyages. She collided with, and sank the British steamer "Glamorgan" in the English Channel on 15/4/1891 and on 15/7/1891 resumed Amsterdam - New York sailings. Her last voyage on this service commenced on 10/4/1897 and later the same year she went to the Italian owned Cosulich Line and was renamed "Ressel". In 1899 she became the French owned "Caramanie" and in March 1910 was scrapped at Marseilles. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.909] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 14 June 1998]

PELDALE
The "Peldale" was a 2,868 ton ship, built be W.Gray, West Hartlepool in 1943 as the "Empire Candida" for the Ministry of War Transport. In 1946 she was sold to the Zinal Steamship Co, and renamed "Burdale" in 1947. In 1948 she was bought by the 'Z' Steamship Co, Newcastle and renamed "Peldale". In 1955 she was sold to Ingvar Jansen of Bergen and renamed "Statius Jansen". This is all I have on this ship. - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 24 April 1998]

PENELOPE
See SCHILLER (1) .

PENINSULAR STATE
See PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

PENNLAND
See ALGERIA (1).

PENNSYLVANIA (1)
The vessel in question is the Bremen bark PENNSYLVANIA, built by the shipbuilder Johann Lange, of Vegesack/Grohn, and launched on 20 March 1838. 127 Commerzlasten; 31,4 x 8 x 4,8 meters (length x beam x depth of hold). The PENNSYLVANIA was owned in equal shares by the Bremen firms of H. F. Weinhagen and A. F. Schaer Wwe; Cord Hohorst, from Vegesack, master. The vessel arrived at Bremerhaven from Vegesack on 4 April 1838. She sailed for Baltimore, on her maiden voyage, on 19 April. but returned two days later "mit Verlust der Vorstenge, sonst Alles wohl". She sailed again for Baltimore on 24 April 1838. The voyage on which your ancestors sailed to Baltimore was almost certainly her second roundtrip voyage. The PENNSYLVANIA had a very short career: on 18 January 1840, bound from North America, with a full cargo, she grounded at the mouth of the Weser, with the loss of her entire crew. Part of the cargo of tobacco and other goods was later recovered, but at least one item, the vessel's chronometer (by Charles Frodsham, London, No. 1669) was stolen [Peter-Michael Pawlik, Von der Weser in die Welt; Die Geschichte der Segelschiffe von Weser und Lesum und ihrer Bauwerften 1770 bis 1893, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, Bd. 33 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1993), p. 193, no. 146]. No picture of the bark PENNSYLVANIA survives. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 21 March 1998]

PENNSYLVANIA (2)
See STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PENNSYLVANIA (3)
Built by W. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia in 1872 for the American Steamship Co (which later became the American Line). This was a 3,104 gross ton ship, length 343ft x beam 43ft, straight stem, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 46-1st, 132-intermediate and 789-3rd class passengers. Launched on 15th Aug.1872, she sailed from Philadelphia on her maiden voyage to Queenstown (Cobh) and Liverpool on 22nd May 1873. She started her last Liverpool - Queenstown - Philadelphia crossing on 13th Nov.1884 and started Antwerp - New York voyages on 25th May 1887 under charter to the Red Star Line. Fitted with triple-expansion engines in 1881 by the builders and refitted to accommodate intermediate and 3rd class passengers only, she commenced her sixteenth and last Antwerp - New York sailing on 9th Mar.1892. Between 1892 - 1897 she sailed Antwerp - Philadelphia and on 11th Apr.1898 sailed from Philadelphia to San Francisco, where she was sold for service on the Pacific. On 12th Nov.1918 she was destroyed by fire at Iquique. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.3, p.938] - [Posted to the ShipsList by Ted Finch - 27 October 1998]

PENNSYLVANIA (4)
The "Pennsylvania" was a 12,891 gross ton ship built in 1896 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd), Bremen. Her details were - length 557.5ft x beam 62ft, one funnel, four masts, single screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was passenger accommodation for 162-1st, 197-2nd and 2,382-3rd class. Launched on 10/9/1896, she sailed from Belfast on her maiden voyage to New York on 30/1/1897. She commenced her first Hamburg - New York voyage on 22/3/1897 and in 1910 was rebuilt to 13,333 gross tons and accommodation for 404-2nd and 2,200-3rd class passengers. Her last Hamburg - New York voyage started on 18/7/1914 (arr NY 29/7/1914) and she then took refuge in New York due to the outbreak of the Great War. In April 1917 she was seized by the US authorities and became the US government ship "Nansemond" and was scrapped in 1924. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.403] - [Posted to the ShipsList by Ted Finch 17 January 1998]

The steamship PENNSYLVANIA was built for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) by Harland & Wolff, Belfast (ship #302), and launched on 10 September 1896. 12,891 tons; 176,5 x 18,9 meters (length x breadth); straight bow, 1 funnel, 4 masts; steel construction, twin-screw propulsion (quadruple-expansion engines), service speed 13 knots; passenger accommodation: 162 in 1st class, 180 in 2nd class, 2,382 in steerage; crew of 250. The PENNSYLVANIA was at the time of her launching the largest passenger and the largest cargo vessel in the world; like other members of HAPAG's "P" class, she could carry as much cargo on one voyage as HAPAG's entire sailing fleet in the 1850's could carry in an entire year. 30 January 1897, maiden voyage, Belfast-New York. 22 March 1897, first voyage, Hamburg-New York. 1900, tonnage 13,333. 24 September 1902, rescued the 13-man crew of the sinking Norwegian bark BOTHNIA. 1910, passenger accommodation: 404 in 2nd class, 2,200 in steerage. 18 March 1910, collided in the estuary of the Elbe River with the Hamburg schooner GERTRUD, which sank; 5 crewmen of the GERTRUD lost, 1 saved. 18 July 1914, last voyage, Hamburg-New York. August 1914, interned at New York. 6 April 1917, seized by the U.S. Government; renamed NANSEMOND (U.S. Navy transport). 1919, transferred to the U.S. Shipping Board; laid up in the Hudson River. 1924, scrapped in Baltimore [Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg- Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), pp. 60-61 (photograph); Arnold Kludas, Die grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt; Eine Dokumentation, Bd. 1: 1858-1912 (2nd ed.; Oldenburg/Hamburg: Gerhard Stalling, c1972), pp. 32-33 (photograph); Noel Reginald Pixell 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. 403]. Also pictured in Clas Broder Hansen, Passenger liners from Germany, 1816-1990, translated from the German by Edward Force (West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Pub., c1991), p. 55. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 22 March 1998]

PENNSYLVANIA (5)
(of 1929) See ARGENTINA (2).

PENNSYLVANIA FARMER
According to Lloyd's Register of Shipping for 1776, the "Pennsylvania Farmer" was a square-rigged ship of 120 tons, with a 12-foot draught when fully loaded, built in Bermuda in 1769, owned in New York, and rated E1. At the time the Register for 1776 was compiled--most probably in 1775--the master was Jn. Hodge, the port of survey was Bristol, and her destined voyage was Philadelphia. No copies of Lloyd's Register survive for 1777-1785; the Register for 1786 contains no reference to her..[Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 12 June 1997]

PERSIA
See COPTIC.

PERSIA MARU
See COPTIC.

PERSIAN MONARCH
The "Persian Monarch" was a 3923 gross ton vessel built in 1880 by A.McMillan & Sons, Dumbarton, Scotland for the Monarch Line. Her dimensions were length 360 ft x beam 43.1ft, one funnel, four masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. There was passenger accommodation for 40-1st and 1,000-3rd class. Launched on 8/9/1880, she sailed from Glasgow on her maiden voyage to Moville and New York on 25/11/1880. On 24/12/1880, she left New York for London but had to return in a leaking condition on 28th. On 10/5/1881 she commenced the London - New York service until her last voyage leaving London on 23/12/1886. In 1887, she went to the Wilson Line and resumed London - New York run on 18/8/1887 and on 24/11/1887 she commenced a Hull - New York service. Her last voyage on this run started on 6/5/1888 and she resumed the London - NY service until her last voyage commenced 1/5/1891. She then went to the Wilson-Hill Line who used her on their London - NY run from 25/6/1891. Her last trip for this company commenced on 18/4/1894. On 3/5/1894 she was stranded on Long Island but refloated and sold to new owners who renamed her "May Flint" rigged her as a four masted barque and used her as a sailing vessel. In September 1900 she was sunk in collision at San Francisco with the USS "Iowa". [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 12 September 1997]

PERUGIA
The Perugia - Anchor Line - was built in 1901 by the D. & W. Henderson & Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 4,348. Dimensions: 375' x 47'. Single-screw, 13 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel. Placed in the Mediterranean-New York service in August, 1901. Passengers: 20 first and 1,150 third class. In 1912 had capacity for 1,400 third class passengers. Sunk in the Mediterranean, December 4, 1916.. This is information that I received from the Mariners' Museum. - [E-mail from Cathy Imbronone - 13 April 1998]

PERUSIA
See NEMESIS.

PERUVIAN
The "Peruvian". - Built by R.Steele & Co, Greenock in 1863 for the Allan Line, she was a 2549 gross ton ship, length 312.1ft x beam 38.6ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. There was accommodation for 100-1st class and 600-3rd class passengers. An attempted launch was made on 21/8/1863 but she stuck on the slipway and the launch was completed on 31/8/1863. She sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Portland on 31/3/1864 and commenced her first run from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal on 12/5/1864. First voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Norfolk and Baltimore commenced 11/8/1871. In 1874 she was lengthened to 373.1ft, 3038 tons and her engines compounded, and on 14/7/1874 resumed the Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal service. On 26/4/1887 resumed Liverpool - Baltimore service and in 1890-1891 was fitted with new compound engines and given a second funnel. Commenced a Glasgow - Boston service on 6/2/1891 and a Glasgow - New York service on 9/6/1893. She commenced her last voyage from Glasgow - New York on 7/12/1894 and resumed Glasgow - Boston run on 18/1/1895. On 6/5/1902 she started a Liverpool - St.Johns NF - Halifax run, starting her last voyage on 7/11/1903 and was finally scrapped in Italy in 1905.[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor.vol.1, p.310] [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 8 October 1997]

Captain Smith was master of the Peruvian in 1870. [E-mail from Marj Kohli - 10 March 1998]

PESARO
See MOLTKE.

PETER GODDEFROY
The PETER GODDEFROY was built by Joh. Weilbach, Stockholm, for the Hamburg firm of Joh. Ces. Goddefroy & Sohn, and launched on 7 August 1851 [Bielbrief]. 352 Commerzlasten; 137,1 x 35,8 x 19.8 Hamburg feet (length x breadth x depth of hold; 1 Hamburg foot = .286 meters) "im Kiel"; rigged originally as a ship, later as a bark. Master: 1851-1855 - H. E. Decker; 1855-1857 - S. Johannsen. Voyages: 1851/52 - Bremen/New Orleans; 1852/55 - Sunderland/intermediate ports/Antwerp; 1855/56 - Melbourne/Adelaide/Chincha Islands, Peru/Callao. 4 April 1857, sold to HAPAG (Hamburg America Line) and renamed WESER. Re-rigged as a ship and readmeasured at 742 tons register; 155,1 x 36,9 x 22,1 Hamburg feet (length x breadth x depth of hold) "zwischen den Steven" (44,3 x 10,5 meters, length x breadth); accommodation for approximately 40 in 1st and 2nd cabin, and 250 in steerage; crew of 20. Master: C. F. C. Fischer. 16 April 1857, first voyage for HAPAG, Hamburg-New York. 1858, stranded and lost on the west coast of Ireland [Walter Kresse, ed., Seeschiffs-Verzeichnis der Hamburger Reedereien, 1824-1888, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Hamburgische Geschichte, N. F., Bd. 5. (Hamburg: Museum fur Hamburgische Geschichte, 1969), vol. 1, pp. 166 and 189; Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg- Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), pp. 22 and 23 (picture)]. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 20 January 1998]

PETERSBURG
See THURINGIA.

PETROPOLIS
See BAVARIA .

PHILADELPHIA (1)
The PHILADELPHIA was a wooden side-wheel steamer built by Vaughn and Lynn, Philadelphia, in 1849. 1850: 897 68/95 tons; 190.8 x 31.5 x 15.7 1/2 feet (length x beam x depth of hold); lengthened in 1851 to: 1,238 10/95 tons; 231 ft x 33 ft 4 in x 18 ft 3 in; 2 decks, 3 masts, round stern, figurehead; two side-lever engines built by Marrick & Towne, Philadelphia; diameter of cylinders 4 ft 8 in, length of stroke 6 ft 9 in; diameter of paddle wheels 27 ft; 252 nominal horsepower; cost $180,000. 29 January 1850, purchased by Howland and Aspinwall for $190,000, to be placed on the run between New York and Chagres. January 1851, purchased by the United States Mail Steamship Co for $187,500; lengthened, and placed in the New Orleans - Chagres service.She continued to operate on this run until at least 1860. Chartered by the Quartermaster's Department, War Department, in 1861 and 1862 at $1,000 to $800 per day. 1866, broken up [[John Haskell Kemble, The Panama Route, 1848-1869 , University of California Publications in History, 29 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943),, p.242]. [Posted to The Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 14 December 1997]

PHILADELPHIA (2)
She was launched in 1889 by J&G.Thomson at Glasgow as the "City of Paris" for the Inman Line and ran on their Liverpool - Queenstown - New York service. In 1893 she was transferred to the American flag and became the "Paris" for the American Line and was employed on their Southampton - NY run. In 1898 she became the US armed cruiser "Yale" and later the same year resumed NY - Southampton as the "Paris". In 1899 she went aground off the Cornish coast, was refloated and rebuilt at Belfast as the "Philadelphia" and used from 1901 in the Southampton - Cherbourg - NY service. She also called at Queenstown (Cobh). In 1914 she was transferred to the Liverpool - NY run and 1918 became the US Transport "Harrisburg". In 1920 she went back to the NY - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Southampton run as the "Philadelphia" and in 1922 sold to the New York - Naples Steamship Co. and employed on the NY - Gibraltar - Naples service where she was arrested for debt and scrapped in Genoa in 1923. Her original dimensions were 10499 gross tons, 527.6ft x 63.2ft., clipper stem, three funnels, three masts, twin screw giving 20 knots. Accommodation for 540 1st, 200 2nd, 1000 3rd class passengers. After rebuilding at Belfast, her funnels were reduced to two and her tonnage increased to 10786. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.245] - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 30 June 1997 and to The ShipsList - 18 October 1997]

PHILIP DODRIDGE
The S.S. Philip Dodridge was a standard WW2 Liberty Ship.That was built of steel at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington,N.C.for the War Shipping Adminstration To be operated by a U.S.steamship company for the WSA. Hull No. 155 North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. Built May 1943 in 1947 renamed FEGGEN in 1961 renamed THEODORA Scrapped March 1961 in Whampoa, China.To find out about her wartime service,would be a difficult and expensive job. Obtaining information from files in the National Archives Length over all 441 feet 6 inches Breadth extreme 57 feet Depth to upper deck 37 feet 4 inches Draft 27 feet 8 7/8 inches Tonnage 7176 gross 4380 net Horsepower 2500 Speed 11 knots 2 boilers Engine 3 cylinder triple expansion - Posted to The ShipsList by Captain C.J.Carroll - 19 August 1998]

PHOEBE
I don't know if this is the right vessel as she didn't start sailings to the Cape until 1857, but it's the only "Phoebe" I have details of. This was a 613 ton ship with a clipper stem, one tall thin funnel, and three masts (barque rigged for sail). She was built by Alexander Denny, Dumbarton in 1851 for P.P.Brennan & Co, Liverpool but sold to Preston & Co, Liverpool. In 1857 she was acquired by the Union Line (which later combined with the Castle Line to become the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co). She was used on their Southampton - Plymouth - Cape Town mail service until 1861, when she was sold to the New Zealand Steam Shipping Co. In 1876 she was absorbed into the Union S.S.Co of New Zealand and in 1878 was sold to Newcastle, New South Wales owners. In 1901 she was hulked and was scrapped in 1904. [The Cape Run by W.H.Mitchell and L.A.Sawyer] - {Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 15 March 1998]

PHOENICIAN
The Phoenician, of the Allan Line, arrived at Quebec July 10, 1874. The Phoenician had started life as the Saint David, was lengthened from 272 feet to 335 feet and renamed. Captain Edward Scott was in charge in 1872. Phoenician was refitted in 1888 and removed from the Liverpool and Glasgow service to South American service.- [E-Mail from Marj Kohli - 10 Mar 1998]

PICKHUBEN
See GEORGIA (1).

PIEMONTE
See MINNEDOSA.

PIEMONTESE
See TEUTONIA (1).

PILSUDSKI
The "Pilsudski" was a motorship built in 1934 by Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy for the Gdynia America Line of Poland. She was a 14,294 gross ton vessel, length 498.8ft x beam 70.8ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 17 knots. There was accommodation for 370-tourist class and 400-3rd class passengers. Launched on 19/12/1934, she left Gdynia on her maiden voyage to Copenhagen and New York on 15/9/1935. She commenced her last voyage Gdynia - Copenhagen - Halifax - New York on 11/8/1939. At the outbreak of war, she was converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser, but was sunk on 26/11/1939 near the mouth of the River Humber by a mine laid by German destroyers, while on passage from the Tyne to Australia. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.4, p.1599] There is an illustration of her sister ship "Batory" in North Atlantic Seaway vol.4, p.1595. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 18 October 1997]

PINGUIN
See POTSDAM .

PIRANGY
See ANTONINA .

PISA
The "Pisa" was running for Hamburg America Line in 1913. She was built by A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow in 1896 for the Sloman Line of Hamburg. Her dimensions were - 4,967 gross tons, length 389.1ft x beam 46.1ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. Accommodation for 40-1st and 1,200-3rd class passengers. Launched on 24/11/1896, she started her maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York on 20/5/1897. In 1903 she was chartered by Hamburg America Line and on 4/11/1903 started her last Hamburg - New York voyage. On 5/1/1904 she started a single voyage between Odessa, Constantinople, Smyrna, Piraeus and New York and on 9/1/1907 was purchased outright by Hamburg America Line. On 14/2/1907 she resumed the Hamburg - New York service and on 14/4/1911 commenced a service from Hamburg, Quebec and Montreal. On 29/8/1913 she started her last voyage on this run and on 11/4/1914 started her last Hamburg - New York voyage. She was transferred to the Batum - Constantinople - - Smyrna - Piraeus - New York service on 22/6/1914 and arrived in New York on 22/7/1914. In April 1917 she was seized by the US authorities in New York and became the US government ship "Ascutney". In 1934 she was scrapped at Boston, Mass. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 20 October 1997]

The "Pisa" was a 4,967 gross ton ship, built by A.Stephen & Sons, Glasgow in 1896 for the Sloman Line. Her details were - length 389.1ft x beam 46.1ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. Accommodation was provided for 40-1st and 1,200-3rd class passengers. Launched on 24/11/1896, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to New York on 20/5/1897. In 1903 she was chartered by Hamburg America Line and commenced Hamburg - New York sailings for this company on 4/11/1903. On 5/1/1904 she started a single round voyage between Odessa, Constantinope, Smyrna, Piraeus and New York and on 9/1/1907 was purchased by Hamburg America Line. She resumed Hamburg - New York sailings on 14/2/1907 and on 14/4/1911 started her first Hamburg - Quebec - Montreal voyage. On 29/8/1913 she commenced her last voyage on this service, and on 11/4/1914 started her last Hamburg - New York sailing. On 22/6/1914 she sailed from Batum for Constantinople, Smyrna, Piraeus and New York (arr.22/7/1914) and took refuge there until April 1917 when she was seized by the US Authorities. She then became the US Government ship "Ascutney" until 1934 when she was scrapped at Boston, Mass. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.409] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 9 May 1998]

PLAISANCE
The pink PLAISANCE (pink refers to the ship type, and is not part of its name) arrived in Philadelphia in September 1732.. We have no further information about her. - [Posted to The ShipsList by Rober "Woody" Wood - 10 April 1998]

PLANTYN
The "Plantyn" was built in 1879 by A.Stephen & Sons, Glasgow for the Belgian company, Engels Line. She was a 2,328 gross ton ship, length 320.3ft x beam 36ft, straight stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Launched on 17/9/1879, she left Glasgow on her maiden voyage to New York and Antwerp on 1/10/1879. On 27/11/1879 she commenced her first Antwerp - New York voyage for the Engels/White Cross Line joint service. Her last voyage from Antwerp to New York commenced 19/10/1883 and she was abandoned at sea while on passage from New York to Antwerp. Most of her passengers and crew were saved by the Jersey brigantine "G.D.T." and she sank the same day. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3, p.996] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 6 February 1998]

The steamship PLANTYN was built by A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, for the Engels Line, of Belgium, and was launched on 17 September 1879. 2,328 tons; 97,62 x 10,97 meters/320.3 x 36 feet (length x breadth); straight bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 10 knots. 17 September 1879, maiden voyage, Glasgow-New York-Antwerp. 27 November 1879, first voyage, Antwerp-New York, in Engels Line-White Cross Line joint service. 19 October 1883, last voyage, Antwerp-New York. 6 December 1883, bound from New York for Antwerp, abandoned at sea with the loss of approximately 10 lives; sank the same day [Noel Reginald Pixell 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. 2 (1978), pp. 821, 823, and 825; vol. 3 (1979), pp. 995 and 996-997; vol. 5 (1980), p. 1891]. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 13 August 1998]

PLATA
The "Plata" was built in 1878 by Barrow Shipbuilding Co, Barrow as the "Lascelles" for the British owned Johnston Line. This was a 1,942 gross ton ship, length 300ft x beam 34ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. Launched on 17th Apr.1878, she was used by Johnston Line until 1883 when she was purchased by the Italian company, Raggio and renamed "Amedeo". In 1885 she went to Navigazione Generale Italiana, was renamed "Plata" and started her first Palermo - New York voyage on 2nd Jan.1886. On 24th Jun.1894 she commenced her 20th and last voyage between Licata, Palermo and New York. She also made Genoa - River Plate sailings. In 1910 she came under the ownership of Soc. Nazionale di Servizi Marittimi and in 1913 went to Marittima Italiana. On 3rd Dec.1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine near Alexandria with the loss of six lives. [South Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, p.300] [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1113] - [Posted to The ShipsLIst by Ted Finch - 30 September 1998]

PLATTSBURG
See NEW YORK (2)..

POCAHONTAS
This was a 10,881 gross ton ship, built by AG Vulcan, Stettin for Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd] in 1900. Her details were - length 523.5ft x beam 60.2ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. Accommodation was provided for 240-1st, 162-2nd and 1,954-3rd class passengers. Launched on 19/6/1900 as the "Prinzess Irene" for the Far East service, she actually commenced her maiden voyage between Bremen, Southampton, Cherbourg and New York on 9/9/1900. On 31/10/1900 she started the first of 7 voyages between Bremen, Suez and the Far East. On 30/4/1903 she commenced sailings between Genoa, Naples and New York and on 6/4/1910 was stranded on Long Island, NY. She was refloated and repaired at Newport News. On 9/7/1914 she commenced her last voyage from Genoa to Naples and New York, where she took refuge until seized by the USA in April 1917. She was renamed "Pocahontas" and used by the US Government until 1921 when she was chartered to US Mail Steamship Co. She commenced the first of two voyages between New York, Naples and Genoa on 26/2/1921 and was refitted to accommodate 350-cabin and 900-3rd class passengers. On 22/5/1921 she commenced her third voyage but only got as far as Gibralter where she was laid up with a machinery defect. In 1922 she was bought back by Norddeutscher Lloyd, towed to Germany, reconditioned and renamed "Bremen". She commenced sailing between Bremen and New York on 7/4/1923 and in April 1926 was refitted to carry cabin, tourist, 3rd cabin and 3rd class. On 28/9/1927 she commenced her last voyage from Bremen to Cobh and New York and in 1928 was renamed "Karlsruhe" to allow her previous name to be used for the new express liner. On 29/1/1928 she sailed on her first voyage under her new name, from Bremen to Cobh and New York and on 16/8/1931 commenced her last voyage from Bremen to Boulogne, Galway, Halifax, New York, Havana, Vera Cruz and Tampico. In June 1932 she started sailings between Bremen, Halifax and Galveston and on 20/8/1932 commenced her last Bremen - Galveston voyage. She was scrapped at Bremerhaven the same year. [ North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.563] There appears to be a lack of information on what the US Gov't used the ship for between 1917 and 1921 although one source states that she was used as a troopship. I suspect that US AT signifies US Army Transport and there is little doubt that, at the time in question, she was a military ship. [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 12 December 1997]

POLAND
See MANITOU.

POLARIA
The "Polaria" was built by C.Mitchell & Co, Walker-on-Tyne in 1882 for the Carr Line of Hamburg. She was a 2,724 gross ton ship, length 300ft x beam 38.2ft, straight stem, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was accommodation for 1,100-3rd class passengers only. Launched on 21/2/1882, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York on 27/4/1882. In April 1888 she made her last Hamburg - New York voyage for the Carr Line and in May of that year went to the Hamburg America Line with the rest of the Carr Line fleet. On 16/6/1888 she commenced her first Hamburg - New York crossing for her new owners and on 22/9/1889 started sailings between Stettin and New York. She commenced her last voyage on this service (Stettin - New York)on 12/3/1893 (20 round voyages) and on 6/6/1895 started her last Hamburg - New York voyage. On 28/8/1895 she commenced her last Hamburg - Philadelphia - Baltimore crossing. In July 1903 she went to a British company and later the same year was resold to German owners and scrapped in 1904 at Hamburg. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.395] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 11 January 1998]

POLARIS
The SS Polaris sailing out of Hanko, Finland, was the main routing for Finnish emigrants on their way to North America. My grandmother, Ida Maria (Hyt?nen) Huuskonen, sailed on this vessel to Hull, England, where she then traveled to Liverpool to sail on the Cunard Line's Aurania in August 1903. The Polaris was owned by the Finland Steamship Co., which had a monopoly on steamship travel to England. - [Posted to The ShipsList by Wallace Huskonen - 28 January 1998]

POLCEVERA
The "Polcevera" was a 2,239 gross ton ship, built in 1882 by Blackwood & Gordon, Port Glasgow. Her details were - length 299.2ft x beam 37.2ft, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. There was accommodation for 20-1st and 500-3rd class passengers. Launched on 15/11/1882 for Raggio, she came under the ownership of Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1885 and commenced her first voyage for them from Palermo to Boston and New York on 24/6/1885. On 8/10/1891 she sailed on her last voyage from Girgenti to Catania, Messina and New York (5 Round voyages). She then went to the Soc. Nazionale di Servizi Marittimi in 1910 and to Sicilia in 1913. On 26/10/1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine off Marettino Island, Sicily. [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 27 October 1997]

POLERIC
See CAIRNRONA.

POLONIA (1)
(of 1895) See VANDALIA.

POLONIA (2)
(of 1913) See BATAVIA (3).

POLONIA (3)
(of 1921) See KURSK.

POLYNESIA
The "Polynesia" was built by C.Mitchell & Co.,Walker-on-Tyne in 1881 for the Carr Line of Hamburg. She was a 2196 gross ton vessel, length 298.7ft x beam 36ft, one funnel, two (extremely tall) masts rigged for three jib sails, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was accommodation for 950-3rd class passengers only. Launched on 5/11/1881, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to New York on 27/12/1881. In May 1888, the Carr Line vessels were taken over by Hamburg America Line and continued on the same service. On 27/4/1889 she commenced sailings from Stettin to New York until, after 19 round voyages she started her last sailing from Stettin on 29/5/1892 and resumed the Hamburg - New York service. On 11/8/1894 she started her last trip from Hamburg to Baltimore and on 30/7/1903 was sold to a British company. Later the same year she went back to the German flag and in 1904 was sold to Italy. She was sunk by an old wartime mine near Reggio, Italy on 28/8/1921. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.395] Sorry, but have no sources for a picture, but if you do find one, ensure that you get the right vessel as Hamburg America Line had a later vessel with the same name built in 1904. Suggest you try the Maritime Museums. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 16 October 1997]

POLYNESIAN
The Allan Line "Polynesian" built in 1872, was sailing between Liverpool and Canadian ports in 1885.. [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 16 October 1997]

The "Polynesian" was built by R.Steele & Co, Greenock in 1872 for the Montreal Ocean SS Co. She was a 3,983 gross ton ship, length 400ft x beam 42.5ft, straight stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 120-1st and 850-3rd class passengers. Launched on 12/2/1872, she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Quebec and Montreal on 3/10/1872. She started her last voyage on this service on 23/7/1891 and on 8/12/1891 commenced the first of two round voyages between Liverpool and Baltimore. In 1893 she was rebuilt to 4,522 gross tons, fitted with triple-expansion engines by Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast, one mast removed and given accommodation for 36-1st and 1,000-3rd class passengers. Renamed "Laurentian", she resumed Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal sailings on 27/4/1893. On 31/8/1899 she commenced her first Glasgow - New York voyage and started her last voyage on this route on 10/2/1905. She started her first Glasgow - Boston sailing on 17/3/1905 and her first Glasgow - Philadelphia voyage on 22/4/1905. In 1906 she was refitted to carry 2nd and 3rd class passengers only and on 20/8/1909 made her last Glasgow - Boston sailing. She was wrecked at Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland on 6/9/1909 with no loss of life. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.314] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 8 May 1998]

The Polynesian, of the Allan Line, which sailed on her maiden voyage in October 1872, was said to "roll on wet grass" and was called "Rolling Poly." In 1893 she was refitted and renamed the Laurentian. Polynesian, despite its reputation, was sailing from Liverpool and Glasgow to Canada and the USA until she was wrecked near Cape Race in 1909. - [E-Mail from Marj Kohli - 10 Mar 1998]

POMERANIAN
The "Pomeranian" was a 4,364 gross ton ship, built in 1882 by Earle's Shipbuilding Co, Hull as the "Grecian Monarch" for the Monarch Line. Her details were - length 381ft x beam 43.8ft, one funnel, four masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. There was passenger accommodation for 40-1st, 60-2nd and 1,000-3rd class. Launched on 6/5/1882, she sailed from London for New York on her maiden voyage on 13/8/1882. Her last voyage on this service started on 26/11/1886 and she was sold to the Allan Line in 1887 and renamed "Pomeranian". On 8/9/1887 she commenced her first London - Montreal sailing and on 24/8/1889 transferred to the Glasgow - Quebec - Montreal service. She started her first Glasgow - New York voyage on 10/4/1891 and on 4/2/1893 was badly damaged by heavy seas, with the loss of 12 lives. She returned to Glasgow where she was rebuilt and her masts reduced to two. On 11/5/1893 she resumed Glasgow - Quebec - Montreal sailings and in 1902 was refitted to carry 2nd and 3rd class passengers only. She resumed London - Montreal sailings on 6/5/1905 and on 9/5/1912 commenced her first Liverpool - Philadelphia crossing. Her first Glasgow - Liverpool - Philadelphia voyage started on 15/6/1912 and on 19/12/1912 she resumed London - St John NB - Halifax voyages. On 15/4/1914 she transferred back to Glasgow - Liverpool - Philadelphia sailings and on 26/12/1914 sailed Glasgow - Halifax - Portland. In 1917 she came under the ownership of Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, and was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC.77 near Portland Bill on 15/4/1918 with the loss of 45 lives. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.317] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 30 July 1998]

POMPEI
See BOHEMIA.

POMPEJI
See BOHEMIA.

PORT AUCKLAND
See INDRAPURA.

PORT FAIRY
See DONA MARIA.

PORT HENDERSON
See ARAWA.

PORTLAND
The steamship Portland - Owners:Portlaand Steam Packet Company, founded in 1844, joined the Eastern Steamship Company of Boston, Mass in 1901. Operated between Boston, Mass. and Portland Maine. Built: 1890 by New England Shipbuilding Co., Bath Maine. Offical Number 150488. Length 291.0 feet; Breadth 42.1 feet; Draft 15.5 feet; Gross Tons 2283.0; Speed 15.0 knots; Hull sidewheelers; Lost in a hurricane November 26,1898 off of Massachusetts coast, while enroute from Boston to Portland, Maine. No one survived when the vessel was lost. Captain Blanchard from Portland, Maine was the Master . The vessel's Purser, had stayed on shore, in order to attend the funeral of one of the line`s Captains who had just died. Therefore he did avoid death himself. Another vesel called Steamer PENTAGOET was also lost during this hurricane. NOTE: Eastern Steamship Co. went out of business September 1954.Therefore it would be a hard job tracking their records. - [Posted to The ShipsList by Captain C.J.Carroll - 13 May 1998]

PORTO SAID
See ARAWA.

PORT VICTOR
The "Port Victor" was a 2,793 gross ton ship built in 1885 by Leslie, Newcastle-on-Tyne for Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.(Wm Milburn & Co). On 26/11/1886 she started her first passenger voyage from London via the Cape to Melbourne and Sydney and commenced her last voyage on this service on 5/8/1891. Later sailings were cargo only or on charter. In March 1899 she was sold to the US government. [North Star to Southern Cross by John M.Maber] Maber states that the "Port Victor" was employed on other trades between her completion and Nov.1886 due to the trade depression.(?) The company was taken over by Cunard in 1916 and eventually became the Port Line Ltd in 1936. - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch 13 February 1998]

POTOMAC
See NECKAR (2) .

POTSDAM
The "Potsdam" was a 12,606 gross ton ship, built in 1899 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg for the Holland-America Line. Her details were - length 550ft x beam 62ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. There was accommodation for 282-1st, 210-2nd and 1,800-3rd class passengers. Launched on 15/12/1899, she sailed from Rotterdam on her maiden voyage to New York on 17/5/1900. In 1904 her funnel was lengthened by 23 ft to improve draught and made this ship easily recognizable. She commenced her last voyage from Rotterdam to New York on 24/4/1915, and then went to the Swedish American Line and was renamed "Stockholm". She left Gothenburg on her first voyage for this company on 11/12/1915 and called at Kirkwall for contraband inspection on her way to New York. In 1922 she was reconditioned in Gothenburg, and her funnel reduced in height. Commenced her last voyage from Gothenburg to Halifax and New York on 29/9/1928 and in 1929 was converted to a Norwegian whale factory ship and renamed "Solglimt". In 1941 she was captured in the Antarctic by the German Armed Merchant Raider "Pinguin" and taken to Bordeaux. Later the same year she was put under the German flag and renamed "Sonderburg". On 29/6/1944 she was scuttled by the Germens at Cherbourg, raised in 1947 and scrapped. [ North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.3,p.912] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 16 December 1997]

PRESIDENT ARTHUR
See PRINCESS ALICE.

PRESIDENT BUCHANAN
See PRESIDENT GRANT.

PRESIDENTE WILSON
The "Presidente Wilson" was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone (engines by D.Rowan & Co, Glasgow) for the Austrian Company, Unione Austriaca of Trieste. She was a 12,567 gross ton ship, length 477.5ft x beam 60.2ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 17 knots. There was accommodation for 125-1st, 550-2nd and 1,230-3rd class passengers. Launched on 9/9/1911 as the "Kaiser Franz Josef I", she sailed from Trieste on her maiden voyage to Buenos Aires in February 1912. On 25/5/1912 she started her first voyage from Trieste to Patras, Palermo, Algiers and New York, and commenced her last sailing on this service on 13/6/1914. At the outbreak of the war in August 1914, she was at Trieste, and after the war, Trieste changed from Austrian to Italian rule and the company changed to Cosulich Societa Triestina di Navigazione. In 1919 she was renamed "Presidente Wilson" and on 5/5/1919 commenced her first voyage from Genoa to Marseilles and New York under the Inter-Allied flag and carrying mostly troops. On 24/6/1919 she commenced her first sailing from Trieste to Messina, Naples and New York, also with a large number of troops. It was not until her third peacetime voyage, and her first under the Italian flag, that she left Trieste on 12/9/1919 for Patras, Naples and New York with 97-1st, 371-2nd and 623-3rd class passengers. Between 1925-26 she was converted to oil fuel, and in November 1929 she commenced her last sailing from Trieste to Naples, New York (dep.7/12/1929), Boston, Naples and Trieste. In 1930 she went to Lloyd Triestino and was renamed "Gange", and in 1936 went to Adriatica and was renamed "Marco Polo".On 12/5/1944 she was scuttled by the Germans at Spezia and in 1949-50 was refloated and scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3, p.1332] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 18 March 1998]

PRESIDENT GARFIELD
See KENMORE .

PRESIDENT GRANT
The "President Grant" had a long and varied career. She was built in 1903 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast as the "Servian" for Wilson and Furness - Leyland Line's North Atlantic service, which failed to materialise. Her details were - 18,072 gross tons, length 599ft x beam 68.2ft, one funnel, six masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. She had accommodation for 200-1st, 150-2nd, 704-3rd and 2,300-4th class passengers. Launched on 19/2/1903, she spent four years at anchor in the Musgrave Channel, Belfast until purchased by Hamburg America Line, who originally intended to name her "Berlin", but instead named her "President Grant". On 14/9/1907 she finally started her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Boulogne, Southampton and New York. In 1914, she took refuge in New York and on August 4th, was interned at Hoboken. Seized by the US authorities in 1917, when America entered the Great War, she operated as a US Navy transport. In October she transferred to the US Army, and made 20 voyages, and in 1920 was used to repatriate Czech troops from Vladivostok [where they had been fighting the Bolsheviks] via Suez to Trieste. In March 1921, she was handed over to the US Shipping Board, renamed "President Buchanan" and laid up until 1923, when she was refurbished and rebuilt with four masts by the Newport News Shipbuilding Co. Her tonnage was reduced to 17,910 and her accommodation altered to 600-cabin class and 600-3rd class passengers. In 1924 she went to the United States Line, who named her "Republic", and on 29/4/1924 she commenced sailing between New York, Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen. In 1926, she was converted to carry cabin, tourist and 3rd class passengers and on 17/7/1931 she commenced her last voyage from Hamburg to Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. She then became a US Troopship and ran between San Francisco, Hawaii and Manila and from 1932-1941 was used between New York, Panama, San Francisco and Honolulu. In 1941 she was assigned to the US Navy as AP33, "Republic" and was used for Pacific trooping as far afield as Sydney, Australia. Returned to the army in 1945, she was converted at Mobile, Alabama to a Hague Convention Hospital ship and in February 1946, reverted to a troopship and was engaged on repatriation work. She was laid up later the same year, until 1951, when she was scrapped at Baltimore. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor vol.1., p.413] [Merchant Fleets in Profile by Duncan Haws vol.4, p.98] [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 6 October 1997]

PRESIDENT HARDING
The "President Harding" of 1927 was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, NJ as the "Lone Star State" in 1920 for the United States Lines. She was a 13,869 gross ton ship, length 516.5ft x beam 72.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 18 knots. There was accommodation for 320-1st and 324-3rd class passengers. Launched on 23/12/1920, she sailed from New York on her maiden voyage to Plymouth, Cherbourg, Bremen, Southampton, Cherbourg and New York on 25/3/1922. After this voyage, she was renamed "President Taft" and started the first of two similar voyages under this name on 29/4/1922. She was then renamed "President Harding" and resumed the same service on 8/7/1922. On 7/4/1926 she was refitted to carry cabin and 3rd class passengers, and in April 1931 altered to carry cabin, tourist and 3rd class. In February 1932 she went back to Cabin and 3rd class and on 16/8/1939 commenced her last crossing from Hamburg to Havre, Southampton, Cobh and New York. On 22/9/1939 she started a single round voyage from New York to Cobh and Pauillac(Bordeaux), and on 25/10/1939 started a single New York - Southampton round voyage. She was sold to the Belgian owned Societe Maritime Anversoise in 1940, renamed "Ville de Bruges" and commenced her first New York - Havre crossing on 15/3/1940. On 14/5/1940 she was bombed by German aircraft in the River Scheldte; beached and burnt out. In 1952 she was demolished. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.4, p.1546] She may have been renamed "President Harding" because there was a "President Taft" owned by Pacific Mail Line. This is the ship that later became a government owned US army transport in 1941 and was renamed "General Willard A.Holbrook" - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 7 April 1998}

PRESIDENT LINCOLN (1)
See BROOKLYN.

Gibbs, Passenger.Liners of the Western Ocean reports only one ship of the name President Lincoln, in service 1907-1917 for Hamburg American Line. Built at Belfast, H & W shipyard, 18100 tons, 598 x 68 ft, 1 funnel, 6 masts, 14 knots. 324 first, 125 second, 2320 steerage. - [Posted to The ShipsList by Paul Petersen - 26 March 1998]

The "President Lincoln" you are looking for was a different ship from the Pacific Liner. This was a 18,084 gross ton ship, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1903. Her details were - length 598.8ft x beam 68.2ft, one funnel, six masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 202-1st, 153-2nd, 788-3rd and 2,300-4th class passengers. Launched on 8/10/1903 as the "Scotian" for Wilson's & Furness-Leyland Line, the order was cancelled and she was uncompleted for many months until purchased by Hamburg America Line of Hamburg in 1906 and renamed "President Lincoln". She commenced her maiden voyage on 1/6/1907 when she sailed from Hamburg for Boulogne, Plymouth and New York. On 25/7/1914 she started her last Hamburg - Southampton - New York crossing (arr.5/8/1914) and was interned at Hoboken, New York until 1917, when she was seized by US authorities. She was then used as a troopship until, having delivered 3,000 troops to Cherbourg, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U.90, on the return crossing to New York; on 31/5/1918 with the loss of 26 lives. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.413] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 27 March 1998]

The vessel in question was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast (ship #353), and launched on 8 October 1903, as the SCOTIAN, for Wilson's & Furness Leyland Line, who cancelled the contract; vessel laid up unfinished. 1906, purchased by HAPAG (Hamburg America Line), who first intended to name her CHICAGO, then BERLIN. 20 May 1907, delivered to HAPAG as the PRESIDENT WILSON. 18,168 tons; 182,9 x 20,8 meters (length x breadth); 1 funnel, 6 masts; twin-screw propulsion (quadruple-expansion engines), service speed 14.5 knots; passenger accommodation: 324 in 1st class, 152 in 2nd class, 1,004 in 3rd class, 2,348 in steerage; crew of 344. 1 June 1907, maiden voyage, Hamburg-Boulogne-Southampton-New York. At the time of her maiden voyage, the PRESIDENT LINCOLN was both the largest freighter and the largest emigrant carrier in the world. 5 August 1914, interned at New York. 6 April 1917, seized by the U.S. Government and assigned to the U.S. Shipping Board. 25 July 1917, U.S. navy transport, name unchanged. 31 May 1918, bound from Europe to the USA, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-90 at lat 47 57 N, lon 15 11 W, with the loss of 26 lives [Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg- Amerika-Linie (Herford: Koehler, 1979-1981)vol. 2, pp. 26-27 (photograph); Arnold Kludas, Die grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt; Eine Dokumentation, Bd. 1: 1858-1912 (2nd ed.; Oldenburg/Hamburg: Gerhard Stalling, c1972), pp. 110-111 (photographs); Noel Reginald Pixell 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. 2 (1978), pp. 372-373 and 413]. Also pictured in Clas Broder Hansen, Passenger liners from Germany, 1816-1990, translated from the German by Edward Force (West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Pub., c1991), p. 81. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 28 March 1998]

PRESIDENT LINCOLN (2)
The "President Lincoln" was a 14,124 gross ton ship, built by New York Shipbuilding as the "Hoosier State" for the US Shipping Board. Her length was 535ft x beam 72ft, one funnel, three masts, twin screw and a speed of 17 knots. Assigned to Pacific Mail Steamship Co, she started her first voyage from San Francisco to the Orient on 12th October 1921. In 1922 she was renamed "President Lincoln" and in 1925 was purchased by the Dollar Line. She resumed the same service for her new owners on 16th May 1925 and in 1938 was transferred to American President Lines. In 1940 she was sold to Berge & Co, and renamed "Maria del Carmen" and resold the same year to Ybarra y Cia, and renamed "Cabo di Buena Esperanza". She was eventually scrapped in Spain in 1958. [Pacific Liners 1927-72 by Frederick Emmons] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 11 March 1998]

PRESIDENT MADISON
See KENMORE .

PRESIDENT PIERCE (1)
The "President Pierce" was a 12,579 gross ton ship built in 1920 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrow's Point, Md. Her details were - length 517ft x beam 72.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 18 knots. She was laid down as the US troop transport "Berrien" but was launched on 17/4/1920 as the "Hawkeye State" for the United States Shipping Board. In 1921 she ran between Baltimore - Panama Canal - California - Honolulu for the Matson Line and in 1922 ran for Pacific Mail Steamship Co. She was renamed "President Pierce" in 1925 and ran transpacific services from San Francisco for the Dollar Steamship Line. On 19/11/1931 she commenced her first round-the-world voyage when she left New York for Panama Canal, California, Japan, China, Malaya, Ceylon, Suez Canal, Mediterranean and New York. She commenced the last of 5 voyages on this service on 2/6/1933. In 1938 she went to the American President Line and in 1941 became the US Navy ship "Hugh L.Scott". She was torpedoed and sunk on 12/11/1942 by the German submarine U.130 off Casablanca while taking part in the Allied invasion of North Africa. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.4, p.1571] {Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 16 January 1998]

PRESIDENT PIERCE (2)
See PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
The "President Roosevelt" was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, NJ in 1921 as the "Peninsular State" for the United States Line. Her details were - 13,869 gross tons, length 516.5ft x beam 72.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 18 knots. Accommodation for 320-1st and 324-3rd class passengers. Launched on 7/7/1921, she left New York on her maiden voyage to Plymouth, Cherbourg, Bremen, Southampton, Cherbourg and New York on 18/2/1922. She started her last run Bremen - Southampton - Cherbourg - New York on 14/6/1922 and was tentatively renamed "President Pierce" but did not run under this name, but became the "President Roosevelt" On 1/7/1922 she started her first voyage under her new name from New York, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Bremen, Southampton and New York. In January 1926 she rescued the crew of the British vessel "Antigone" and in the same year her accommodation was altered to cabin class and 3rd class. In 1931, it became cabin, tourist and 3rd class, and in 1932 became cabin and 3rd class. In August 1939 she made her last voyage between Hamburg - Havre - Southampton - New York and on 6/9/1939 commenced running between New York - Cobh - Pauillac (Bordeaux). On 22/10/1939 started her last voyage Havre - New York and subsequently ran between New York and Bermuda except 24/5/1940 New York - Galway - New York. On 30/10/1940 she arrived in New York from Bermuda and was taken over by the US War Department, renamed "Joseph T. Dickman" and used as a US transport. In 1948 she was scrapped at Oakland, Calif. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.4, p.1546] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 18 October 1997]

PRESIDENT P. MONIT
See IL PIEMONTE.

PRESIDENT TAFT (1)
See PRESIDENT HARDING.

PRESIDENT TAFT (2)
The "President Taft" was built by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrows Point, Maryland as the "Buckeye State" in 1921. She was a 14,124 gross ton ship, length 535ft x beam 72ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 17 knots. Built for the United States Shipping Board, she was assigned to Pacific Mail, renamed "President Taft" in 1922 and commenced sailings between San Francisco and the Orient on 12th Sept.1922. In 1925 she was bought by the Dollar Line and started her first San Francisco - Orient sailing for her new owners on 27th June 1925. In 1938 she was transferred to the American President Lines and in June 1941 was converted to an army transport and renamed "General Willard A.Holbrook". In Nov 1949 she was laid up in the James River and eventually scrapped in 1957. [Pacific Liners, 1927-72 by Frederick Emmons] - [Posted to the ShipsList by Ted Finch - 2 February 1998}

PRESIDENT WILSON
The "President Wilson" was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, NJ in 1920, she was a 12,599 gross ton ship, length 516.5ft x beam 72.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 18 knots. There was accommodation for 320-1st class passengers. Launched on 4/8/1920 as the "Empire State" for the United States Shipping Board, she was chartered to Pacific Mail and commenced her maiden voyage on 30/7/1921 when she left San Francisco for the Orient. In 1922 she was renamed "President Wilson" and continued on the same service. In 1925 she was purchased by the Dollar Line and used for the trans-Pacific service and in January 1927 sailed from San Francisco for Japan, China, Malaya, Ceylon, Suez Canal, Mediterranean and New York (arr.21/4/1922). On 24/4/1931 she started her last New York - round the world - New York voyage and resumed San Francisco - round the world - New York voyages in December 1935. On 13/2/1937 she commenced her last voyage from Los Angeles - round the world - New York sailing (arr.23/4/1937) and in 1938 was transferred to the American President Line. She was sold to Berge & Co, Spain in 1940 and renamed "Maria Pipa", resold to Ybarra & Cia, Spain the same year and renamed "Cabo de Hornos". Scrapped at Aviles, Spain in 1959. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.4, p.1570] [Pacific Liners 1927-72 by Frederick Emmons] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 17 March 1998]

PRETORIA
The "Pretoria" was a 12800 gross ton vessel built in 1897 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg for the Hamburg America Line. Her dimensions were - length 560ft x beam 62ft, one funnel, four masts, single screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 162-1st, 197-2nd and 2,382-3rd class passengers. Launched on 9/10/1897, she left Hamburg on her maiden voyage to New York on 12/2/1898 and was used on this service until commencing her last voyage on 23/5/1914. She was rebuilt in 1910 to 13,234 tons, 400-2nd class and 2,200-3rd class passengers. On 12/6/1914 she was damaged in collision with the American ship "New York", 180 miles from the Nantucket lightship and proceeded to Hamburg for repairs. She remained there for the duration of the war and was surrendered to the USA in 1919. Whe was used by the US government until 1921, when she was scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.404] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 13 October 1997]

The "Pretoria" was built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg in 1897 for the Hamburg America Line. She was a 12,800 gross ton ship, length 560ft x beam 62ft, straight stem, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 162-1st, 197-2nd and 2,382-3rd class passengers. Launched on 9/10/1897, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to New York on 12/2/1898. In 1908 she collided with and sank the "Nipponia" in thick fog off Texel and in 1910 was rebuilt to 13,234 tons and with passenger accommodation for 400-2nd class and 2,200-3rd class. On 12/6/1914 she was slightly damaged in collision with the American ship "New York", when 180 miles from the Nantucket lightship, and proceeded to Hamburg for repairs. In March 1919, she was surrendered to the USA and used as a US Government transport and on September 10th 1920 was ceded to Britain and operated by Ellerman Lines. In November 1921 she was scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.404] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 2 March 1998]

I have the a copy of the ships manifest and her maiden voyage was November 1, 1898 not December 2, 1898 from Hamburg and arrived New York November 14, 1898.- [E-mail from Roberta Greenway - 5 October 1998]

PRETORIAN
The "Pretorian" was built by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd, West Hartlepool for the Allan Line in 1900. She was a 6,948 gross ton ship, length 436.9ft x beam 53.1ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 13 knots There was accommodation for 50-1st, 150-2nd and 400-3rd class passengers. Launched on 22/12/1900, she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Quebec and Montreal on 8/8/1901. On 18/6/1904 she transferred to the Glasgow - Quebec - Montreal service and in 1908 was rebuilt to 7,654 tons with accommodation for 280-2nd and 900-3rd class passengers. She subsequently sailed between Glasgow and Quebec-Montreal, Portland, Boston or Philadelphia until 1917 when she went to Canadian Pacific Ocean Services. After the Armistice, she sailed from Glasgow to St.John, NB. and between March and May 1919 was used to repatriate Belgian refugees. In May 1919, she sailed from London to Murmansk and Archangel and on 28/11/1919 resumed the Glasgow - St.John, NB. service.She commenced her last voyage on this service on 9/3/1922 and was laid up at Gareloch until 20/2/1926 when she was scrapped at Garston. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.321-2] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 13 October 1997]

PRIDE OF WALES
According to the annual volumes of Lloyd's Register for 1865/66-1881/82, the PRIDE OF WALES was a 3-masted, square-rigged ship, built under special survey by Labbee, Quebec, and launched in May 1865. 906 (1866/67: 885)/898/788 tons (gross/net/under deck); 194.7 x 33 x 19.9 feet (length x breadth x depth of hold). Forecastle 35 feet long. Official number 52451; signal code HSVG. Master: 1865/66 - T. Parry; 1866/67 - Corrigall; 1867/68-1868/69 - D. Moore; 1868/69-1870/71 - Power;1870/71-1874/75 - E. Bolt; 1874/75-1876/77 - F. Richardson; 1876/77-1879/80 - R. Jones; 1879/80-1881/82 - White. Owner: 1865/66 - P. Labbee; 1865/66-1866/67 - D. Jones; 1866/67-1873/74 - Hill & Sons; 1873/74-1876/77 - A. Ramage & Co 1876/77-1881/82 - P. Sutherland, Jr., & Co.Registry: 1865/66-1866/67 - London; 1866/67-1873/74 - Cardiff; 1873/74-1881/82 - Liverpool.Port of Survey:1865/66 - Quebec; 1865/66-1866/67 - Swansea; 1866/67 - Bristol [lined out]; 1866/67-1868/69 - London; 1868/69-1870/71 - Bristol; 1870/71-1871/72 - Hartlepool; 1871/72-1873/74 - Cardiff; 1873/74-1874/75 - Bristol; 1875/76-1878/79 - London; 1879/80-1881/82 - Liverpool. Destined Voyage: 1865/66 - Swansea; 1865/66-1866/67 - New Orleans; 1866/67 - North America [lined out]; 1866/67-1868/69 - Kurrache; 1868/69-1873/74 - South America. Lloyd's Register for 1881/82 contains the annotation "burnt"; however, I am unable to determine the particulars of the fire, as the microfilm copy to which I have access of the register of maritime casualties 1881-1882 bound in the Parliamentary Papers is illegible. - [Posted to tghe Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 20 January 1998]

PRINCE ALBERT
The PRINCE ALBERT was a 3-masted, square-rigged ship, built by Westervelt & Mackey, New York, in 1843, for Grinnell, Minturn & Co's Red Swallowtail Line of New York-London packets. 884 tons; 158 ft 3 in x 35 ft x 21 ft 9 in (length x beam x depth of hold). She sailed in the Red Swallowtail Line until she was abandoned at sea on 4 January 1854 (see below); her westward passages from London to New York averaged 35 days, her shortest passage being 24 days, her longest 57 days. The following is an account of the loss of the PRINCE ALBERT, taken from the New York Tribune for 1 February 1854, p. 5d: By the arrival of the steamship ASIA [Cunard Line, Capt. Scott, from Liverpool 14 January, arrived New York 31 January] we learn that the packet ship Prince Albert, Capt. [William King] Bradish, which sailed from this port December 6 [1853] for London, was fallen in with on the 4th of January [1854], in latitude 48 [degrees], longitude 15 [degrees], by the English bark Norfolk from Madras, the Prince Albert being in a disabled and almost sinking condition. The Captain of the Norfolk at once took off the passengers and crew of the Prince Albert, and on the 11th of the same month landed them safely at Queenstown, Cork, Ireland. The Prince Albert had sixteen passengers, whose names we give: Eliza Clarke, E. Fisher, Conrad Whitson, Henry Stolemeyer, Andrew Sharot, Mary Alden, John Easton, James Beattie, Abraham Brittain, Joseph Vermillier, Wm. Fills, Wm. Chippenfield, George Black, Mrs. Geo. Black, Mrs. Dennis, John Hermitage. The names of the crew we have not been able to obtain; but as they were all saved, the omission is immaterial. The Prince Albert was built in this City, nine years ago, and was at this time a splendid and favorite ship of nearly 900 tuns, elegantly fitted up for passengers. The ship was valued at about $50,000 (at the present time,) and was fully insured, mainly in New-York. The cargo on board at the time of leaving port consisted of 3,500 barrels of Flour, 12,289 bushels of Wheat, 611 tierces [a cask intermediate in size between a barrel and a hogshead] of Beef, 646 boxes of Cheese, 900 barrels of Oil Cake, 300 barrels of Resin, 10 half tierces of Tobacco, 537 bundles of Whalebone, 53 tierces of Clover Seed, 50 boxes of Clocks, besides small parcels of considerable value. We believe this property was pretty fully insured, but have not been able to learn the precise amount.The loss of the PRINCE ALBERT does not appear to have adversely affected the career of her master, who had been first mate of the vessel in the early 1840's, before taking command of the packets INDEPENDENCE (Liverpool Blue Swallowtail, later London Red Swallowtail) and YORKTOWN (London Red Swallowtail): in 1854, he took command of the London Red Swallowtail packet ASHBURTON, which he commanded until approximately 1862. He is most probably the William K. Bradish whose will was proved at Brooklyn 7 January 1868 [Robert Greenhalgh Albion, Square-riggers on Schedule; The New York Sailing Packets to England, France, and the Cotton Ports (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1938), pp. 91, 282-283, 332]. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 2 March 1998]

PRINCE DE JOINVILLE
Unfortunately, William Armstrong Fairburn, Merchant Sail (6 vols.; Center Lovell, ME: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, [1945-55]), the standard reference work on American sailing vessels, contains no reference to the PRINCE DE JOINVILLE, but from the scattered references I have been able to collect, it is clear that she was an American ship-rigged vessel of 527 tons, built most probably about the year 1844 (she was named after Francois Ferdinand Philippe d'Orleans, prince de Joinville [1818-1900], a son of king Louis Philippe of France, and an officer in the French navy, who had visited the United States several times in the early 1840's as captain of a French warship, and who became famous in 1844 for his bombardment of Tangiers and his occupation of Mogador, Morocco). 1845 Lawrence, master, advertised in the Boyd & Hincken Line of New York-Marseilles packets [Carl C. Cutler, Queens of the Western Ocean; The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, c1961), p. 400]. 1845-09-22 Lawrence, master, arrived at New York from Marseilles 14 August, passed Gibraltar. 25 August; passenger list in National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, roll 60, list #800 for 1845. 1846-09-08 Lawrence, master, arrived at New York from Marseilles, and 45 days from Gibraltar; passenger list, dated 9 September, in National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, roll 64, list #811 for 1846. She cleared for Marseilles 3 October 1846. 1847 Lawrence, master, advertised in the Chamberlain & Phelps Line of New York-Liverpool packets (vessels cleared Liverpool in the Black Star Line; Cutler, p. 384). 1847-06-27 Lawrence, master, arrived at New York from Belfast 29 May 1847, in ballast, with 202 steerage passengers; passenger listed, dated 29 June 1847, in National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, roll 68, list #460 for 1847. She cleared for Liverpool 1 August 1847. 1847-10-24 Lawrence, master, arrived at New York 23 days from Liverpool, with merchandise, 2 cabin and 117 steerage passengers. Passenger list, dated 26 October 1847, in National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, roll 69, list #850 for 1847. She cleared for Trieste on 14 November 1847. 1851 - Adams, master, advertised in the Eagle Line of New York- New Orleans packets (Cutler, p. 518). 1856 - William Chamberl[a]in, master, advertised in the Old Line of New York-Glasgow packets (Cutler, p. 393). This is the latest reference I have found to the PRINCE DE JOINVILLE. I do not know whether she is the ship PRINCE DE JOINVILLE, Sherman, master, that arrived at New York on 1 April 1848, from Canton 8 December 1847 (passenger list, dated 2 April 1848, in National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, roll 78, list #242A for 1849), nor do I know whether she is the vessel that arrived at Victoria, Australia, in August 1854. She is most certainly *not* identical to the brig PRINCE DE JOINVILLE, of Newport, RI, Gardner, master, that arrived at New York on 30 December 1847, 16 days from Havana (passenger list, dated 3 January 1848, in National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, roll 70, list #1 for 1848) and cleared for Havana on 26 January 1848.The only port common to all the references to the vessel is New York, and it is there that she was almost certainly registered. Ship registration certificates give the name of a vessel, its tonnage, and the names of the current master and owner(s). These certificates can be quite helpful in tracing a vessel's history, since it was necessary to issue a new certificate upon any change of ownership, or upon making repairs so extensive they were considered a "rebuild" of the vessel; should a vessel be wrecked or "sold foreign" (i.e., to new owners who intended to register her in another port), the certificate of registration was surrendered, with a note indicating the reason for the surrender. The ship registration certificates for the port of New York are preserved in the National Archives in Washington, DC, arranged by name of vessel and date of first registration. To determine whether the PRINCE DE JOINVILLE was indeed registered at the port of New York, check Forrest R. Holdcamper, List of American-flag merchant vessels that received certificates of enrollment or registray at the Port of New York, 1789-1867 (Record groups 41 and 36), United States National Archives and Records Service, Special List 22, National Archives Publication 68-10 (2 vols.; Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, 1968). If you find the PRINCE DE JOINVILLE listed, you can then write to the National Archives, giving the details of the first registration, and requesting a photocopy of the complete file on her. To determine whether the PRINCE DE JOINVILLE that arrived at Victoria, Australia, in August 1854, is the vessel that carried your ancestors from Liverpool to New York in 1847, see AUTHOR: McClelland, James. TITLE: Names of convict and immigrant ships known to me arriving Australia 1788 to 1899. PUB. INFO: Silverdale, N.S.W. :James McClelland Research ; Glenbrook, N.S.W. : Distributed by K. Ainsworth, [1982] DESCRIPTION: 73, [6] leaves ; 34 cm. SERIES: James McClelland's Convict, pioneer, and immigrant history of Australia NOTES: Cover title. "Book no. 17." Includes indexes. as well as the books listed in the Australian National Maritime Museum, Pathfinder No. 2: Immigration Sailing Ships See also the guide to immigration shipping records in the Public Record Office of Victoria. In fact, if you contact the Victoria PRO with the name of the vessel and the month of arrival, the staff should be able to give you the tonnage of the vessel, her master, and her port of origin, which should be sufficient information for me to determine whether the PRINCE DE JOINVILLE that arrived at Victoria in August 1854 is indeed the vessel that carried your ancestors to New York in 1847.[Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 30 July 1997]

PRINCE LINE FREIGHTERS

Each of the following Prince Line vessels is shown in the Morton Allan Directory as having carried passengers to New York at least once during the year(s) indicated. None of them are listed in North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor as passenger ships. Evidence indicates that these were all freighters which carried a limited number of cabin passengers. While the cabin accomodations on these freighters were doubtlesss preferable to steerage on the big "immigrant ships," I believe it would be less than honest to consider them to be "first class." The limited descriptive information below is extracted from the article Progress of the Prince Line by A.J. Henderson in Sea Breezes, October 1949, pp. 264-280, courtesy of Ted Finch. In many instances, the Prince Line gave the same names to successor ships, after a particular vessel was taken out of service, so it is important to note that the description pertains only to the vessel of the year(s) indicated.

STUART PRINCE of 1893 - 2,250 deadweight tons
G RECIAN PRINCE of 1893 & 1899 - 3,070 deadweight tons , built 1888.
CARIB PRINCE of 1894 - 2,850 deadweight tons, with figurehead & clipper stem, built circa 1890.
DANISH PRINCE of 1894 - approximately 2,000 deadweight tons, built circa 1884.
ASIATIC PRINCE of 1896 & 1898 - 2,920 deadweight tons
EASTERN PRINCE of 1896 - 2,950 deadweight tons
CASTILLIAN PRINCE of 1898 - 3,000 deadweight tons
ROMAN PRINCE of 1898 & 1899 - 2,550 deadweight tons
KAFFIR PRINCE of 1899 - 2,820 deadweight tons (1895) - built in 1891. Last surviving Prince liner to carry a figurehead. Sold after World War I, renamed PROPONTIS, then NAFE.
CYPRIAN PRINCE of 1899 - 2,750 deadweight tons - built as the CYPRUS in 1878. Purchased by Prince Line in 1899, renamed CYPRIAN PRINCE, wrecked off coast of Portugal in a dense fog in 1908.
[Posted to both Ships Lists by Louis Alfano - 15 October 1997]

PRINCE OF WALES
See ROCKLAND.

PRINCESS
See SAALE.

PRINCESS ALICE
PRINCESS ALICE. Built in 1900, for the Hamburg-American Line by Vulkan of Stettin. 10,911 tons; 159,55 meters (522 feet) long x 18,32 meters (60.1 feet) broad; 2 funnels, 2 masts; twin-screw propulsion, service speed 15 knots; passenger accommodation: 255 1st-, 115 2nd-, and 1,666 3rd-class passengers). Planned as BORUSSIA, later TEUTONIA. 14 September 1900, launched as KIAUTSCHOU for the Hamburg-American Line. 25 December 1900, maiden voyage, Hamburg-Far East. Remained on this service, except for 2 May 1902, single round-trip voyage Hamburg-Southampton- Cherbourg-New York, 1904, became PRINCESS ALICE (Norddeutscher Lloyd). 22 March 1904, first voyage, Bremen-New York. 30 July 1904, last voyage, Bremen-New York (5 round-trip voyages). 31 August 1904 first voyage, Bremen-Suez Canal-Far East. 1905-1914, mainly Far East service. 9 May 1905, resumed Bremen-Cherbourg-New York. 14 May 1910, last voyage, Bremen-New York (11 round-trip voyages). 25 June 1914, last voyage, Bremen-Far East. August 1914, sheltered at Cebu, Philippine Islands. April 1917, seized by the U.S.: PRINCESS MATOIKA (U.S. Government). 20 January 1921, first voyage for U.S. Mail (chartered), New York-Naples-Genoa (10,421 tons; 350 cabin-, and 500 3rd-class passengers). 17 May 1921, last voyage, New York-Bremen (2 round-trip voyages). 15 September 1921, first voyage, New York-Bremen (U.S. Lines). 6 February 1922, last voyage, New York-Queenstown-Bremen-Danzig (4 round-trip voyages); renamed PRESIDENT ATHUR. 27 May 1922, first voyage, New York-Queenstown-Bremen. 18 October 1923, last voyage, Bremen-Southampton- Cherbourg-New York (11 round-trip voyages). 1925, PRESIDENT ARTHUR (American Palestine). 12 March 1925, first voyage, New York-Naples-Haifa (departed 17 April)-Naples-Halifax-New York. 19 September 1925, last voyage, New York- Naples-Haifa-Naples-Halifax-New York (3 round-trip voyages). 1925, CITY OF HONOLULU (Los Angeles Steamship Co.), 25 May 1930, damaged by fire at Honolulu; returned to Los Angeles; laid up. 1933, scrapped in Japan [Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway, vol. 2 (1978), pp. 566-567]. Pictured in Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors, p. 268, courtesy of the Steamship Historical Society of America, Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore, 1420 Maryland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201 See also 1. Arnold Kludas, Great Passenger Ships of the World, pp. 28-29 [photographs as KIAUTSCHOU and CITY OF HONOLULU]. 2. Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg- Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979). 3. Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1:1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991). 4. Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails (2 vols.; Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994-c1995). - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer 4 August 1997]

PRINCESS IRENE
In the 1914-15 Lloyd's Register of Shipping I found this information on the Princess Irene: PRINCESS IRENE Rigging: Steel twin screw Schooner fitted for oil fuel and with electric light; 4 decks. Tonnage: 6,000 tons. Dimensions: 395 feet long, 54 foot beam and holds 20 feet deep. Built: in 1914 by W. Denny & Bros. in Dumbarton. Owners: Canadian Pacific Railways Co. Propulsion: 4 steam turbines. Port of registry: Victoria B.C. Flag: British. It is to be noted that the following year, the Register no longer lists that name. - [Posted to The ShipsList by Gilbert Provost - 30 September 1998

PRINCESS MARGUERITE
5,875 gross tons, length 352ft x beam 60ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 22 knots. She was a luxurious ship and was licensed to carry 1,500 day passengers. Sixteen of her 147 first class staterooms had their own bathrooms. The smoking rooms were decorated with Indian carvings and her dining rooms could seat 170 passengers. Although she had capacity for 30 cars, this was soon found to be inadequate to meet the growing demand for this service. Built by John Brown, Clydebank, she was launched on 29th Nov.1924 by the Hon. Marguerite Shaughnessy, daughter of the former chairman of CPR. She sailed from the Clyde on 25th Mar.1925 and reached Victoria, via Panama on 20th April. Used on the 'triangle' service between Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle with her sister ship "Princess Kathleen" sailing in the opposite direction. When King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured Canada in 1939, they crossed from Vancouver to Victoria on the "Princess Marguerite". On 7th Nov.1941, after being requisitioned, armed and strengthened for deep-sea service, she sailed for Honolulu in company with the "Princess Kathleen". They then sailed to Fiji and Darwin, and left there to return to Honolulu, but heard about the attack on Pearl Harbour en route and diverted to Java. For twelve days they played Hide-and-seek with the Japanese fleet around the Dutch East Indies and then proceeded to Colombo, Ceylon, arriving on New Year's Day 1942. Arriving at Port Said on 18th Jan, she began trooping duties around the Mediterranean and continued this service until 17th Aug.1942. She left Port Said on the morning of 17th with troops for Cyprus and at 15.07 was torpedoed by the German submarine U.83. Fire spread rapidly and escaping fuel oil caught fire on the surface of the sea, making escape from the port side impossible. Ten of the sixteen lifeboats and a number of floats had been lowered but a lot of men had jumped into the sea, making it impossible for the escorting HMS Hero to come alongside, for fear of crushing the men in the water between the two ships. Eventually, 95% of the men were saved and the ship sank at 15.56. [Canadian Pacific by George Musk] - {E-mail from Ted Finch - 4 October 1998]

PRINCESS MATOIKA
See PRINCESS ALICE.

PRINCESS OF WALES
See GENERAL WERDER.

PRINCESS ROYAL (1)
I found two ships called Princess Royal in the 1912-13 Lloyd's Register of Shipping. PRINCESS ROYAL - Official # : 121988. Master : Captain C.D. Neurotsos. Rigging : wood single screw steamer; 1 deck and awning deck with freeboard; 4 bulkheads; fitted with electric light and wireless; hull, except beams, salted; fastened with copper bolts. Tonnage : 1,997 tons gross, 1,338 under deck and 981 net. Dimensions : 228 feet long, 40 foot beam and holds 16.6 feet deep. Built : in 1907 by Marine Railways Co. Ltd. in Esquimault B.C.. Propulsion : triple expansion engine with 3 cylinders of 22, 35 and 60 inches diameter respectively. Stroke 36 inches. 302 nominal horsepower. 3 single ended boilers, 9 corrugated furnaces, grate surface 190 sq. feet and heating surface 5,596 sq. feet. Engine built by Bow, MaLachland & Co. in Paisley. Owners : Canadian Pacific Railways Co. Port of registry : Victoria, B.C. Flag : British - [Posted to The ShipsList by Gilbert Provost - 1 October 1998]

PRINCESS ROYAL (2)
I found two ships called Princess Royal in the 1912-13 Lloyd's Register of Shipping. PRINCESS ROYAL - Call sign : HVTK. Official # : 133044. Master : Captain J.H.R. Rendall, appointed to the ship in 1912. Rigging : steel single screw steamer; 2 decks; fitted with electric light; water ballast. Tonnage : 1,986 tons gross, 1,210 under deck and 866 net. Dimensions : 291.4 feet long, 38.2 foot beam and holds 14.1 feet deep. Poop deck and Bridge Deck 202 feet long; Forecastle 46 feet long. Built : in 1912 by Caledon Ship Building & Engine Co. Ltd. in Dundee. Propulsion : triple expansion engine with 3 cylinders of 22, 35 and 59 inches diameter respectively. Stroke 39 inches. 217 nominal horsepower. Engine built by the same company as the hull. Owners : M. Langlands & Sons. Port of registry : Glasgow. Flag : British - [Posted to The ShipsList by Gilbert Provost - 1 October 1998]

PRINCESS SERAPHI
See ORESTES.

PRINCETOWN
See PRINZ ADALBERT.

PRINCIPE DI PIEMONTE
The "Principe di Piemonte" was built by Sir J.Laing & Sons Ltd at Sunderland in 1907 for the Italian company Lloyd Sabaudo. Her details were - 6560 gross tons, length 430ft x beam 52.7ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 120-1st class and 1,900-3rd class passengers. Launched on 28/2/1907, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Genoa to Naples, Palermo and New York on 19/6/1907. On 12/12/1913 she commenced her last voyage on this service and was sold to the British company, Uranium Steamship Co. who renamed her "Principello" and used her on the Rotterdam - Halifax - New York service. In 1915 she was transferred to the Avonmouth - Halifax - New York service and in 1916, was sold to Cunard Line and renamed "Folia". She commenced her last voyage from Avonmouth for New York on 2/2/1917 and was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U.53.on 11/3/1917, four miles from Youghal, Ireland with the loss of seven lives. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3, p. 1367] - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 1 October 1997]

PRINCIPELLO
See PRINCIPE DI PEIMONTE.

PRINS VALDEMAR
See LIVONIA .

PRINZ ADALBERT
SS Prinz Adalbert. She was built in 1902 by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack for the Hamburg America Line. Dimensions were 6030 gross tons, length 403.3ft x beam 49.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 13 knots. There appears to be a discrepancy between North Atlantic Seaway by Bonsor and Merchant Fleets in Profile, vol.4 by Duncan Haws. Bonsor states that she carried 60 1st class and 1200 3rd class passengers. Maiden voyage 1903 Hamburg - Brazil, 1904 Genoa - Naples - New York, 1909 Hamburg - Quebec - Montreal, 1910 Hamburg - Philadelphia until 1914. Duncan Haws says 120 1st, 50 2nd and 300 3rd class passengers. Built for Far East service, 1904 transferred to West Indies route when Norddeutscher Lloyd took over the Far East passenger service, until 1914. Both accounts agree after 1914 when she was seized at Falmouth by Britain and was operated by the Admiralty. Renamed "Princetown" in 1916. Transferred to France in 1917 and renamed "Alesia". Torpedoed and sunk 6.9.1917 by German submarine UC-50 off Ushant. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 28 July 1997]

PRINZ EITEL FREIDRICH (1)
The "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" was a 4,650 gross ton vessel built by Reiherstieg, Hamburg in 1901 for the South American service of the Hamburg America Line. Her details were - length 371ft x beam 45.3ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 100-1st and 634-3rd class passengers. Launched on 21/12/1901, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Rio de Janeiro on 24/6/1902 and stayed on the S.America service, apart from one voyage to New York in 1906. On 6/8/1914 she was laid up at New York and on 6/4/1917 was seized by the US government and renamed "Otsego" when the USA entered the war. In 1919 she was sold to Libby, McNeil and Libby and in 1941 was chartered to the US War Department and made 31 Alaskan voyages. In 1942 she was refurbished at Seattle and was passed to the USSR in 1947 and renamed "Dolinsk" (Haws states 1945 and renamed "Ural"). Scrapped in 1955 at Vladivostock. [South Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor] [Haws. Merchant Fleets in Profile, Vol.4] There is a lot of confusion between this ship and another "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" belonging to North German Lloyd which became a commerce raider 1914-1915, was later seized by the USA and renamed "Mount Clay" and scrapped in 1934. [Merchant Fleets in Profile, vol 4, Hamburg America Line gets the two ships completely confused with each other.]- [Posted to TheShipsList by Ted Finch - 28 October 1997]

PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH (2)
See MOUNT CLAY.

PRINZESS IRENE
See POCAHONTAS.

PRINZ FRIEDRICH WILHELM
The "Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm" of Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd]. This was a 17,082 gross ton vessel built by J.C.Tecklenborg, Geestemunde in 1907. Her details were - length 590.1ft x beam 68.3ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 17 knots. There was accommodation for 416-1st, 338-2nd and 1,726-3rd class passengers. Laid down as the "Washington" she was launched as the "Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm" on 21/10/1907. She sailed from Bremen on her maiden voyage to Southampton, Cherbourg and New York on 6/6/1908 and commenced her last voyage on this service on 13/6/1914. In August 1914, on the outbreak of the Great War, she took refuge at Odda, Norway during a pleasure cruise, and on 31/3/1919 surrendered to Britain, who chartered her to the US Navy Dept. In 1920 she was chartered to Canadian Pacific who used her on the Liverpool - Quebec service, starting on 14/7/1920. In 1921 she was bought outright by Canadian Pacific from the Reparations Commission and reconditioned at Glasgow. On 2/8/1921 she was renamed "Empress of China" but never sailed as such, and later that month was again renamed "Empress of India". On 25/8/1921 she was chartered to Cunard and completed two Southampton - New York voyages for them and was then returned to Canadian Pacific. On 23/6/1922 she commenced the first of two Liverpool - Quebec voyages and on 21/8/1922 started a single Southampton - Cherbourg - Quebec voyage. She was renamed "Montlaurier" and rebuilt to carry Cabin class and 3rd class passengers and on 4/5/1923 sailed from Liverpool for Quebec but returned due to boiler trouble, and finally sailed on 29/6/1923. She commenced her last voyage Liverpool - St John NB on 24/1/1925 and sailed from St John on 22/2/1925 but had steering gear trouble off Fastnet and returned to Queenstown and was then towed to Liverpool. On 14/4/1925 she was damaged by fire when under repair by Cammel Laird, but was repaired and on 18/6/1925 was renamed "Monteith" but never sailed under this name. On 2/7/1925 she was again renamed as "Montnairn" and from 17/7/1925 sailed between Liverpool and Quebec. In July 1926 she was converted to cabin, tourist and 3rd class and on 4/5/1927 commenced her first voyage Antwerp - Southampton - Quebec. On 16/9/1928 she commenced her final sailing from Hamburg to Southampton, Cherbourg and Quebec and was then laid up at Southampton (62 N.Atlantic round voyages for Canadian Pacific). On 23/12/1929 she was sold and scrapped at Genoa. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3, p.1315] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 13 November 1997]

PRINZ OSKAR
The "Prinz Oskar" was a 6,026 gross ton ship, built in 1902 by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack for the Hamburg America Line of Hamburg. Her details were - length 403.4ft x beam 49.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was capacity for 60-1st and 1,200-3rd class passengers. Launched on 15/12/1902, she started her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Brazil in June 1903. On 10/10/1903 she commenced her first Genoa - Naples - New York voyage, and started her last voyage on this service on 29/6/1906. She transferred to the Genoa - Buenos Aires route on 22/9/1906 and then to the Hamburg - Halifax - St John NB service on 19/3/1909. On 14/5/1909 she commenced her first Hamburg - Quebec - Montreal sailing and started her last voyage on this route on 27/5/1910. She commenced her first Hamburg - Philadelphia crossing on 13/9/1910 and her last on 21/7/1914. On August 4th 1914 she was interned at Philadelphia and on April 6th 1917 was seized by the US government, renamed "Orion" and operated by the US Shipping Board. Sold to the American owned Black Star Line in 1922, she reverted to the US Shipping Board the following year and was scrapped at Baltimore in 1929. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.409] [South Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, p.350] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line, p.76] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 20 July 1998]