Capt. Heimbeck. Delayed arrival in Christiania due to snowstorm.
1880
Christiania
May 20
New York
June 04
Bremen - Christiania - New York, Capt. Heimbeck
1881
Bremen
New York
Apr. 07
1881
Bremen
New York
May 13
1881
Bremen
New York
June 21
1881
Bremen
July 20
New York
Aug. 03
1882
Bremen
Mar. 22
New York
Apr. 06
1882
Bremen
Apr. 24
New York
May 09
1882
Bremen
July 22
New York
Aug. 05
1883
Bremen
New York
Mar. 09
1886
Bremen
Adeleide
Oct. 27
1887
Bremen
Adeleide
Aug. 03
1889
Bremen
Jan. 29
Arrived in Colombo
1889
Bremen
Melbourne
Feb. 16
1889
Bremen
Adeleide
Apr. 21
1890
Bremen
Adeleide
May 07
1890
Bremen
Adeleide
Sept. 23
1891
Bremen
Adeleide
Feb. 12
1891
Bremen
Adeleide
June 30
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges
The Hohenstaufen was built in 1873 at Earle's Shipbuilding Co in Hull. She had a straight stem, one funnel and two masts (rigged for sail). She an iron constructed hull, a single screw and a service speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 142 first calss- and 800 third class (steerage) passengers.
Her maiden voyage started on September 1st in 1874, when she left Bremen for Havre and New York.
On the 4th of April in 1880 she started the first of two Bremen - Christiania - New
York sailings. She departed from Christiania on April 8th for her first sailing, and for the second run she departed on May 20th. Her last Bremen - New York direct voyage started on 29th
Apr. 1885 and on 14th Apr.1886 she commenced a single Bremen - Baltimore
round voyage. She was scrapped at London in 1897.
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.550]
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