SS Suevia (1874)

For other uses, see Suevia.

Suevia
History
Germany
NameSuevia
OwnerHamburg America Line
OperatorHamburg America Line
BuilderCaird & Co., Greenock, Scotland
Launched1 June 1874
Commissioned21 October 1874
Recommissioned1896
Decommissioned1898
FateCollided with Commodore Bateman 1889; scrapped 1898
NotesOperated commercially as passenger ship for the Hamburg America Line 1874-1894.
General characteristics
TypePassenger ship
Tonnage3,609 Gross register tons
Length360.3 ft (109.8 m)
Beam41 ft (12 m)
PropulsionSteam
Speed13 knots
Complement115

The Suevia was a passenger steamship built for the Hamburg America Line in 1874. It was assigned to transatlantic crossings between Hamburg, Germany and New York City, USA and played a role in German immigration to the United States.

The Suevia had accommodation for 100 first-class, 70 second-class and 600 third-class passengers. It had two masts and reached a speed of 13 knots. In 1884 it got new steam boilers and served for the Hamburg America Line 10 more years until 1894. In 1896 it was sold to Schiaffino, Nyer & Siges in Algeria and renamed Quatre Amis. After it stranded near Antwerp[1] in 1898 it was scrapped in Marseille.

Collision

On 13 April 1889, during a dense fog, the Hamburg Line steamship Suevia ran into the pilot-boat Commodore Bateman, No. 11, and sank her off Georges Bank, Cape Cod. Pilot John Handran and the cook Henry Halford were drowned trying to escape the sinking boat. Others on the pilot-boat were saved and taken on board the Suevia.[2][3][4]

See also

  • Soren Sorensen Adams - a Danish-American inventor and manufacturer who immigrated to the United States on the Suevia in 1883.
  • Carl Eytel – a German-American artist who immigrated to the United States aboard the Suevia in 1885.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Suevia, Hamburg America Line".
  2. ^ Allen, Edward L. (1922). Pilot Lore From sail to Steam. New York: The United New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Benevolent Associations. p. 35.
  3. ^ "Hit by a Falling Mast. Pilot Handran Killed On The Commodore Bateman". Times Union. Brooklyn, New York. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Cut Down By The Suevia. The Pilot-Boat Bateman Sunk Off Nantucket". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. 15 April 1889. p. 1. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ^ German Immigrants, 1880s: Carl Eytel from Wurtemberg to Kansas in 1885 arrived: 11-04-1885; occupation: hunter; destination: Kansas; native country: Wurtemberg; native city: Machingen; embarkation port: Hamburg; manifest number: 38415.