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 MSteamshipShipowner or operatorDeparture/port ArrivalRemarks
 S/S AtlasCunard LineLiverpool 1883-04-25 Boston 1883-05-06  
 S/S EnglandNational LineLiverpool 1883-04-25 New York 1883-05-06  
 S/S HanoverianAllan LineLiverpool 1883-04-26 Halifax 1883-05-06 Portland. Also reported to arrive port of Quebec 1883-05-06 
 S/S HermannNorddeutscher LloydBremen  New York 1883-05-06 Arrived at 08:00 morning 
 S/S NurnbergNorddeutscher LloydBremen  New York 1883-05-06 Arrived at 08:00 morning 
 S/S PennsylvaniaAmerican LineLiverpool  Philadelphia 1883-05-06  
 S/S CircassianAllan LineLiverpool 1883-04-26 Quebec 1883-05-07 Londonderry (Moville) 
 S/S Dominion (1)Dominion LineLiverpool 1883-04-26 Quebec 1883-05-07 Belfast 1883-04-27 
 S/S Lake HuronBeaver LineLiverpool 1883-04-26 Quebec 1883-05-07 Queenstown 
 S/S Main (1)Norddeutscher LloydBremen  New York 1883-05-07 Arrived at 08:00 morning 
 S/S Scythia (1)Cunard LineLiverpool 1883-04-28 New York 1883-05-08  
 S/S British PrincessAmerican LineLiverpool  Philadelphia 1883-05-10  
 S/S Buenos AyreanAllan LineGlasgow 1883-04-25 Quebec 1883-05-10 Liverpool - Galway 
 S/S DorsetGreat Western Steamship LineBristol (Avonmouth) 1883-04-28 Quebec 1883-05-10  
 S/S City of ChesterInman LineLiverpool  New York 1883-05-11 Queenstown 1883-05-02, 1230 passengers arrived in New York at 02:00 afternoon after crossing the Ocean in 8 days and 21 hours 
 S/S State of FloridaState LineGlasgow 1883-05-05 New York 1883-05-11  
 S/S State of PennsylvaniaState LineGlasgow 1883-04-28 New York 1883-05-11  
 S/S Celtic (1)White Star LineLiverpool 1883-05-03 New York 1883-05-12  
 S/S DonauNorddeutscher LloydBremen  New York 1883-05-12  
 S/S ElbeNorddeutscher LloydBremen  New York 1883-05-12  
 S/S British CrownAmerican LineLiverpool  Philadelphia 1883-05-13  
 S/S Erl KingTemperley LineLondon 1883-04-27 Quebec 1883-05-13 Montreal 
 S/S HelvetiaNational LineLiverpool  New York 1883-05-13  
 S/S OregonDominion LineLiverpool 1883-05-03 Quebec 1883-05-13 Belfast 1883-05-04 
 S/S PolynesianAllan LineLiverpool 1883-05-03 Quebec 1883-05-13 Londonderry 
 S/S AleppoCunard LineLiverpool  Boston 1883-05-14  
 S/S Nova ScotianAllan LineLiverpool  Quebec 1883-05-14 ?? Port of Halifax 
 S/S Baltic (1)White Star LineLiverpool 1883-05-05 New York 1883-05-15 600 Scandinavian passengers, direct to New York and arrived there at 11:00 before noon 
 S/S State of FloridaState LineGlasgow 1883-05-05 New York 1883-05-15  
 S/S FurnessiaAnchor LineGlasgow  New York 1883-05-16 Also reported arrive 1883-05-20 
 S/S Lake NepigonBeaver LineLiverpool 1883-05-05 Quebec 1883-05-17 Blackwater - Queenstown, Ireland 
 S/S ParthiaCunard LineLiverpool 1883-05-09 Boston 1883-05-17  
 S/S IslandThingvalla LineChristiania 1883-05-03 New York 1883-05-18 347 Norwegian passengers 
 S/S ManitobanAllan LineGlasgow 1883-05-05 Quebec 1883-05-18 Londonderry - Galway - Blacksod Bay, Ireland 
 S/S Rotterdam (1)Holland America LineRotterdam  New York 1883-05-18 Feeder ship S/S Olaf Kyrre, departure Bergen 1883-05-01 
 S/S City of RichmondInman LineLiverpool 1883-05-09 New York 1883-05-19 Arrived New York at 03:00 morning 
 S/S GermanicWhite Star LineLiverpool 1883-05-10 New York 1883-05-19  
 S/S SpainNational LineLiverpool 1883-05-09 New York 1883-05-19  
 S/S BataviaCunard LineLiverpool 1883-05-09 Boston 1883-05-20  
 S/S TarifaCunard LineLiverpool 1883-05-09 Boston 1883-05-20  
 S/S Hibernian (1)Allan LineLiverpool 1883-05-08 Halifax 1883-05-21 Queenstown - St. Johns - Baltimore 
 S/S IndianaAmerican LineLiverpool  Philadelphia 1883-05-21  
 S/S MontrealDominion LineLiverpool 1883-05-10 Quebec 1883-05-21 Belfast 1883-05-11 
 S/S PeruvianAllan LineLiverpool 1883-05-10 Quebec 1883-05-21 Londonderry 
 S/S Bothnia (1)Cunard LineLiverpool 1883-05-12 New York 1883-05-22  
 S/S Lake WinnipegBeaver LineLiverpool 1883-05-10 Quebec 1883-05-22 Queenstown 
 S/S Hohenzollern (1)Norddeutscher LloydBremen  New York 1883-05-23  
 S/S Adriatic (1)White Star LineLiverpool 1883-05-15 New York 1883-05-24 Arrived in New York at 05:00 evening. On this journey was a larger group from Vang in Valdres, lead by Knud O. Brækken 
 S/S OderNorddeutscher LloydBremen  New York 1883-05-25 Also reported to arrive in Baltimore same day
Arrived Baltimore at 07:00 morning 
 S/S VikingTemperley LineLondon 1883-05-08 Quebec 1883-05-25 Montreal 
 S/S WerraNorddeutscher LloydBremen  New York 1883-05-25 Arrived at 17:00 evening 
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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