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 MSteamshipShipowner or operatorDeparture/port ArrivalRemarks
 S/S GermanicWhite Star LineLiverpool 1883-03-01 New York 1883-03-11 675 passengers arrived at 07:00 morning after crossing the Ocean in 8 days and 14 hours 
 S/S SarmatianAllan LineLiverpool 1883-03-01 Halifax 1883-03-11 Baltimore 
 S/S SchattonRoyal Dutch - America LineAmsterdam  New York 1883-03-11  
 S/S Lord GoughAmerican LineLiverpool  Philadelphia 1883-03-13  
 S/S Adriatic (1)White Star LineLiverpool 1883-03-06 New York 1883-03-16 720 passengers arrived at 05:00 morning after crossing the Ocean in 8 days and 12 hours 
 S/S ElbeNorddeutscher LloydBremen 1883-03-07 New York 1883-03-16  
 S/S Rhein (1)Norddeutscher LloydBremen 1883-03-07 New York 1883-03-16  
 S/S City of BerlinInman LineLiverpool 1883-03-08 New York 1883-03-17 300 passengers arrived at 04:00 morning after crossing the Ocean in 8 days 11 hours and 20 min.
Passengers left Christiania 1883-03-02 
 S/S CircassianAllan LineLiverpool 1883-03-08 Halifax 1883-03-19 Londonderry 1883-03-09 - Portland. Passengers left Christiania 1883-03-02 
 S/S IllinoisAmerican LineLiverpool  Philadelphia 1883-03-19  
 S/S ItalyNational LineLiverpool 1883-03-09 New York 1883-03-19  
 S/S IslandThingvalla LineChristiania 1883-03-04 New York 1883-03-20  
 S/S PavoniaCunard LineLiverpool 1883-03-10 New York 1883-03-21  
 S/S BraunschweigNorddeutscher LloydBremen 1883-03-14 Baltimore 1883-03-22 Arrived New York - Baltimore 
 S/S FuldaNorddeutscher LloydBremen 1883-03-14 New York 1883-03-22  
 S/S HanoverianAllan LineLondon  Halifax 1883-03-22  
 S/S SalierNorddeutscher LloydBremen 1883-03-14 New York 1883-03-22  
 S/S State of NevadaState LineGlasgow  New York 1883-03-23  
 S/S EgyptNational LineLiverpool 1883-03-14 New York 1883-03-24  
 S/S ParisianAllan LineLiverpool 1883-03-15 Halifax 1883-03-24 Londonderry 1883-03-16 - Baltimore 
 S/S AtlasCunard LineLiverpool 1883-03-14 Boston 1883-03-25  
 S/S British PrinceAmerican LineLiverpool  Philadelphia 1883-03-25  
 S/S Republic (1)White Star LineLiverpool  New York 1883-03-25 Queenstown 1883-03-17, arrived in New York at 05:00 morning after crossing the Ocean in 8 days and 13 hours
Also reported arrived in New York 1883-03-26 
 S/S BrooklynDominion LineLiverpool 1883-03-15 Portland 1883-03-26 Also reported arrive 1883-03-27 
 S/S ServiaCunard LineLiverpool 1883-03-17 New York 1883-03-26  
 S/S OregonDominion LineLiverpool 1883-03-17 Halifax 1883-03-27 Portland 
 S/S HermannNorddeutscher LloydBremen  Baltimore 1883-03-28  
 S/S Britannic (1)White Star LineLiverpool 1883-03-20 New York 1883-03-29 Arrived at 11:00 morning after crossing the Ocean in 7 days and 19 hours 
M followed with an arrow () = Confirmed connects
Passenger list is usually dated 1 - 2 days after arrival
This register is built from telegrams sent from the arrival ports to the local newspapers in Norway. The purpose of these telegrams were to tell the folks back home that the journey had been safe, and that all was well with the emigrants on board.

Reference to newspapers used: Morgenbladet, Christiania Intelegenssedler, Dagbladet, Verdens Gang, Trondhjems Adresseavis, Bergens Tidende and other newspapers.

Blue Riband of the North Atlantic in 1883: Steamship Alaska record crossing Queenstown - New York in 6 days, 21 hours and 40 min. ( 2.800 nm )
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