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Authorization & Routes
 Via Hamburg to New York and to the final destiantion in America 
 Hamburg - Antwerp - South America 
 Hamburg - Australia 
 Hamburg - Baltimore 
 Hamburg - Grimsby - West Indies 
 Hamburg - New Orleans 
 Hamburg - New York 
 Hamburg - Philadelphia 
 Hamburg - Quebec (Montreal) 
 Hamburg - South Africa - Far East 
 Hamburg and Cuxhaven - Boston 
 Fleet 1898Built Tonnage Shipyard
 S/S Adria1896 5,458 gross  Palmer‘s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Alesia1896 5,476 gross  Flensburger Schiffbau 
 S/S Allemannia (2)1881 1,846 gross  Dobie & Co. 
 S/S Ambria1896 5,463 gross  Flensburger Schiffbau 
 S/S Andalusia1896 5,457 gross  Palmer‘s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Arabia1896 5,446 gross  Harland & Wolff 
 S/S Aragonia1897 5,446 gross  Flensburger Schiffbau 
 S/S Arcadia1896 5,442 gross  Harland & Wolff 
 S/S Armenia1896 5,458 gross  Palmer‘s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Assyria1898 6,581 gross  J. C. Tecklenborg 
 S/S Asturia1896 5,285 gross  Palmer‘s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Auguste Victoria1881 7,661 gross  AG Vulcan 
 S/S Australia1881 2,119 gross  C. Mitchell & Co. 
 S/S Bohemia (1)1881 3,410 gross  A. & J. Inglis 
 S/S Bolivia1889 2,646 gross  Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. 
 S/S Brasilia1897 10,336 gross  Harland & Wolff 
 S/S Bulgaria1898 10,237 gross  Blohm & Voss 
 S/S Canadia1889 2,404 gross  Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfab 
 S/S Cheruskia1890 3,250 gross  Robert Stephenson & Co. Ltd 
 S/S Christiania1890 2,811 gross  Blohm & Voss 
 S/S Columbia1889 7,241 gross  Laird Bros 
 S/S Dalecarlia1882 1,972 gross  Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfab 
 S/S Furst Bismarck (1)1890 8,430 gross  AG Vulcan 
 S/S Georgia1890 3,143 gross  Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Gothia1884 2,381 gross  Raylton Dixon & Co. 
 S/S Hercynia1889 2,630 gross  Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. 
 S/S Hispania1890 2,578 gross  J. C. Tecklenborg 
 S/S Hungaria1884 2,008 gross  Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfab 
 S/S Italia1889 3,564 gross  Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. 
 S/S Markomannia1890 3,335 gross  Edwards Shipbuilding Co. 
 S/S Moravia1883 3,739 gross  A. & J. Inglis 
 S/S Normannia (2)1890 8,242 gross  Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Palatia1894 7,326 gross  AG Vulcan 
 S/S Patria1894 7,118 gross  AG Vulcan 
 S/S Pennsylvania1896 12,891 gross  Harland & Wolff 
 S/S Phoenicia1894 7,155 gross  Blohm & Voss 
 S/S Polaria1882 2,724 gross  C. Mitchell & Co. 
 S/S Polynesia (1)1881 2,196 gross  C. Mitchell & Co. 
 S/S Pretoria1897 12,800 gross  Blohm & Voss 
 S/S Prussia (1)1893 5,965 gross  Harland & Wolff 
 S/S Rhenania (2)1880 1,846 gross  Dobie & Co. 
 S/S Russia1889 3,908 gross  Laird Bros 
 S/S Scotia1890 2,558 gross  Charles Connell & Co. 
 S/S Sicilia1890 2,922 gross  Charles Connell & Co. 
 S/S Slavonia1883 2,215 gross  Raylton Dixon & Co. 
 S/S Venetia1891 2,822 gross  Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfab 
 S/S Virginia1891 2,820 gross  Blohm & Voss 
 This list might not be a complete list of all the ships in the fleet.
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