Steamship BERLIN (1867) Photograph of the BERLIN. Source: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 18. The steamship BERLIN, the first of four vessels of this name owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd, was built by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #140), and was launched on 1 October 1867. 2,334 tons; 86,87 x 11,89 meters/285 x 39 feet (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, low pressure, single-expansion engine, 1000 hp, service speed 10 knots; accommodation for 84 passengers in first class and 600 in steerage; crew of 61 to 79. The BERLIN was built for the Baltimore Line, a service jointly owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co; the vessels were operated by Norddeutscher Lloyd, which became sole owner of them in 1878. April 1868, maiden voyage, Bremen - Southampton - Baltimore. Winter 1874, laid up during depression. 1876-77, in view of disappointing passenger numbers, forward cabin replaced by extra cargo hatch. 1879, first voyage, Bremen-South America. 1882, given compound engine and new boilers by AG Weser, Bremen; 1225 hp, service speed 12 knots. 3 March 1894, last voyage, Bremen-South America. June 1894, sold to F. K. Raben; resold 23 June 1894 to M. Bruzzo, Livorno, for breakup in Italy. En route to Italy the ship was damaged in a storm and returned to Germany. 1895, scrapped in Vegesack. Sources: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 18 (photograph); Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p. 47, no. 19 (photograph); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New, vol. 2 (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications, 1978), p. 546; Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, South Atlantic Seaway; An illustrated history of the passenger lines and liners from Europe to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina (Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications, c1983), p. 240. |
