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Authorization & Routes
 Hamburg - Antwerp - South America 
 Hamburg - Grimsby - West Indies 
 Hamburg - Havre - New York - Plymouth - Cherbourg 
 Hamburg - New Orleans 
 Hamburg - New York 
 Hamburg - Quebec (Montreal) 
 Hamburg and Cuxhaven - Boston 
 Fleet 1879Built Tonnage Shipyard
 S/S Allemannia (1)1865 2,695 gross  C. A. Day & Co 
 S/S Cimbria1867 3,037 gross  Caird & Co. 
 S/S Frisia1872 3,500 gross  Caird & Co. 
 S/S Gellert1874 3,533 gross  Alexander Stephen & Sons 
 S/S Herder1873 3,494 gross  Alexander Stephen & Sons 
 S/S Lessing1874 3,496 gross  Alexander Stephen & Sons 
 S/S Saxonia1857 2,684 gross  Caird & Co. 
 S/S Silesia1869 3,142 gross  Caird & Co. 
 S/S Suevia1874 3,609 gross  Caird & Co. 
 S/S Vandalia1871 2,810 gross  Caird & Co. 
 S/S Westphalia (1)1868 3,158 gross  Caird & Co. 
 S/S Wieland1874 3,507 gross  Alexander Stephen & Sons 
 This list might not be a complete list of all the ships in the fleet.
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