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| 1858 | June 12, launched as the Hudson for NDL | | 1858 | Sept. 11, maiden voyage Bremen - New York | | 1858 | Nov. 2, damaged by fire at Bremerhafen, towed to Palmer Bros & Co. for rebuilding - funnels reduced from two to one | | 1862 | Sold to Fernie Bros, renamed Lousiana | | 1863 | Transferred to the National Line, renamed Louisiana | | 1864 | Feb. 4, first voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York | | 1869 | Rebuilt: lengthened to 395.1ft, fitted with compounded engines by J. Jack & Co., new tonnage: 3,847 gross. | | 1870 | Renamed Holland | | 1893 | Sold to French subjects | | 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 |
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When launched the Hudson was the largest iron steamship yet built on the Tyne. She was propelled by engines of 700-horse power nominal,— about 2,000 effective. According to a contemporary article in the New York Times she had the following dimensions : 345* feet over all, 40 feet beam, and 26 feet deep¹. She had four decks, poop, spar, middle and lower. The saloons and state rooms were fitted up in a very sumptuous manner. She was fitted out to accommodate 100 first-class, 125 second-class, and about 400 third-class ( steerage) passengers. Her full complement of passengers, officers, enginemen, firemen and seamen, was about 700. The Hudson was the 71st iron vessel built by by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co.
(* N.R.P. Bonsor, "North Atlantic Seaway" p. 182 gives the length as 307 feet)
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