Atlas line

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The Atlas Line was a British, Liverpool-based shipping company that was taken over by HAPAG in 1901 as the Atlas Line . With the Atlas Line, HAPAG connected New York and ports in the West Indies, Colombia and Central America.

history

In 1870, HAPAG decided to set up a West India service from Hamburg to Trinidad to compete with English and French services. Three older steamers were converted for the new sailing area and in March 1871 this monthly service was opened by Bavaria . Soon the end point of the line was relocated from Trinidad to Saint Thomas and additional ports and feeder lines were included, especially for passengers. After initial heavy losses, the results improved slightly from 1874, also because the competitor, North German Lloyd , gave up the West India service. However, the ships were only rarely accepted by passengers, who mainly sailed with English and French ships. For this reason, HAPAG's passenger service was discontinued in 1879 and only pure freighters were used. From 1880, the liner service was provided with six freighters with 14-daily departures. A round trip lasted three months, so a profit was made. From 1901 the service was reorganized after the takeover of the Atlas line and is now also attractive for passengers.

Atlas line from Hapag

The "Atlas Service" had several lines from New York to the West Indies, Colombia and Central America. Around 1913 there were five lines, each served by two ships every fortnight. Due to the strong foreign competition, modern ships of the Prinzen class and two refrigerated ships with sophisticated passenger facilities were used.

Line A

The Prinz Joachim der Hapag as US transporter Moccasin
The Prinz Eitel Friedrich der Hapag as the US transporter Otsego

Line A ran from New York via Fortune Island , Santiago de Cuba , Kingston , Colon , Port Limon to Santa Marta and also called at these ports on the way back. It was operated by the refrigerated ships Carl Schurz and Emil L. Boas , which had facilities for 80 1st class passengers.

Line B

Line B also served the ports of Bocas del Toro and Pearl Lagoon and was used by the ships Prinz August Wilhelm and Prinz Joachim .

Line C

The ships Alemannia and Albingia were used on Line C , they ran Inagua , Cap Hayti, Port de Paix, Gonaives, Port-au-Prince, Cartagena , Pto. Colombia, Kingston Jamaica, Jeremie, Port-au-Prince and Inagua.

Line D

Line D was similar to line C. It was served by the ships Prinz Sigismund and Prinz Eitel Friedrich , the Inagua, St. Marc, Port-au-Prince, Petit Goave, Miragoane, Jeremie, Aux Cayes, Jacemel, Cartagena, Pto . Called Colombia, Kingston Jamaica and Inagua.

Line E.

Line E was served by the Minnesota and Kingston . It started not in New York but in Kingston and drove across Black River, Sav. La Mar, Luceea, Montego Bay, Falmouth, Dry Harbor, St. Anns Bay, Port Maria, Port Antonio to Annato Bay.

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