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[edit] SS Kiautschou
[edit] 1900
Hamburg America announced the building of 22 new ships for a total of $11,000,000. The largest two would be Deutschland and Kiautschou of 10,200 tons.[1]
[edit] 1902
- Sailed from Southampton for New York via Cherbourg on 3 May.[2]
- Sailed from Cherbourg on 4 May for New York.[3]
- Replacing Deutschland, advertised as "New twin screw Mail S. S. Kiautschou, 11,000 tons, 525 feet long, 16½ knots; to sail from New York for Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg on 15 May.[4]
- Under command of Captain Luneschloss; arrived and sailed from Plymouth on 23 May for Cherbourg and Hamburg.[5]
- Arrived in Cherbourg on 24 May.[6]
- Arrived in Hamburg on 25 May.[7]
[edit] Notable passengers
[edit] SS Princess Alice
[edit] 1904
- First NDL arrival of Prinzess Alice. NDL American president Gustav H. Schwab hosted a luncheon for newspaper men on the ship; comparisons to other ships; description of interior, power-plant; routes North Atlantic during high season[8]
[edit] 1905
- Prinzess Alice spotted Apache, one of the yachts competing for the Kaiser's Cup race, on 20 May 65 nautical miles (120 km) east of the Nantucket Lightship.[9]
- Arrived Cherbourg from New York via Plymouth for Bremen, 8 July.[10]
[edit] 1907
- Advertised as sailing on Thursdays as part of the "Twin-Screw Passenger Service" from New York to Plymouth, Cherbourg, and Bremen.[11]
[edit] 1909
- Prinzess Alice one of the NDL ships carrying Marconi wireless, after RMS Republic (1903) disaster.[12]
- Prinzess Alice aground at Fort Wadsworth.[13] (full article)
- Prinzess Alice ashore (first time) off Fort Wadsworth, details (early) re-float efforts, some passengers, some ships involved (USRC Seneca).[14][15] (full article)
- Prinzess Alice refloated (first time) by ten steam tugs and her own engines.[16] (blurb)
- Prinzess Alice aground while passing through Ambrose Channel off Sandy Hook on 28 May (after re-floating from overnight grounding).[17] (blurb)
- More detail of freeing of Prinzess Alice, collision with other liner, reloading of cargo, second grounding.[18]
- Brief details of both groundings.[19] (blurb)
- Details of Isaac Moss suicide from Prinzess Alice[20] (article)
[edit] Notable passengers
[edit] 1905
- Howard Atwood Kelly, Baltimore physician, one of founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital, sailed on 23 May 1905.[21]
- Hamilton Wright Mabie, author, sailed from New York with wife on 29 June 1905.[22]
[edit] 1906
- Charles Frederick Millspaugh, botanist, returned in June 1906.[23]
[edit] 1907
- Alfred Thayer Mahan returned on 20 June[24]
- Senator Augustus Octavius Bacon (D-GA), sailed for Europe on 1 August.[25]
[edit] References
- ^ "Hamburg-American fleet" (pdf), The New York Times, 1900-03-25, p. 14. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Shipping and Foreign Mails" (pdf), The New York Times, 1902-05-04, p. 23. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Shipping and Foreign Mails" (pdf), The New York Times, 1902-05-06, p. 5. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Hamburg America…" (display ad), The New York Times, 1902-05-11, p. 25.
- ^ "Shipping and Foreign Mails" (pdf), The New York Times, 1902-05-24, p. 13. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Movements of ocean steamers", The Washington Post, 1902-05-25, p. 6.
- ^ "Movements of ocean steamers", The Washington Post, 1902-05-26, p. 2.
- ^ "Luncheon on a liner" (pdf), The New York Times, 1904-04-06, p. 16. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Racing yachts sighted", The Washington Post, 1905-05-21, p. 1.
- ^ "Movements of ocean steamers", The Washington Post, 1905-07-09, p. 3.
- ^ "North German Lloyd" (display ad) (1907-12-07). Scientific American XCVII (23): 427. New York: Munn & Company. ISSN 0036-8733. OCLC 1775222.
- ^ "Wireless on more ships" (pdf), The New York Times, 1909-02-12, p. 1. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ "The Prinzess Alice aground in the bay" (pdf), The New York Times, 1909-05-28, p. 1. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Big liner stuck in mud", Chicago Daily Tribune, 1909-05-28, p. 1.
- ^ "Big liner is aground", The Washington Post, 1909-05-28, p. 1.
- ^ "Steamer Prinzess Alice is floated", The Christian Science Monitor, 1909-05-28, p. 6.
- ^ "Prinzess Alice aground", The Atlanta Constitution, 1909-05-29, p. 7.
- ^ "Prinzess Alice sails" (pdf), The New York Times, 1909-05-29, p. 2. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Big steamer twice ashore", The Washington Post, 1909-05-29, p. 1.
- ^ "Moss jumped from steamer" (pdf), The New York Times, 1909-06-05, p. 1. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Town & Country Calender: Arrivals and Departures"" (1905-05-27). Town & Country 3080: 6. New York: Stuyvesant Corporation. ISSN 0040-9952. OCLC 5878257.
- ^ "Town & Country Calender: Arrivals and Departures"" (1905-07-08). Town & Country 3086: 3. New York: Stuyvesant Corporation. ISSN 0040-9952. OCLC 5878257.
- ^ "Ocean travelers" (pdf), The New York Times, 1906-06-20, p. 14. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Rear Admiral Mahan returns", The Washington Post, 1907-06-21, p. 3.
- ^ "Senator Bacon off for Europe", The Washington Post, 1907-08-02, p. 3.
