The steamship OHIO was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #148), and was launched on 18 December 1868. 2,393 tons; 92,05 x 12,02 meters (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, single-expansion engine, service speed 10 knots; accommodation for 84 passengers in 1st class, and 717 in steerage; crew of 79. The OHIO was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd's Baltimore service. 8 March 1869, maiden voyage, Bremen - Southampton - Baltimore. |
The Steamship OHIO |
Photograph (detail) of the OHIO in the Neuer Hafen, Bremerhaven, about 1887. Source: Arnold Kludas, Die Geschichte der Deutschen Passagierschiffahrt, Bd. 1: Die Pionierjahre von 1850 bis 1890, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, 22 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1986), p. 171. |
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BERLIN (1867) Photograph of the BERLIN. Source: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 18. (With thanks to Michael Palmer) |
