Pisa (ship)

Pisa

The Pisa ~ 1900

Ship data flag  German Empire United States   other ship names Ascutney Ship type Passenger steamer home port Hamburg Owner Sloman shipping company 1907: Hapag Shipyard A. Stephen , Glasgow Build number 369 Launch November 24, 1896 Commissioning December 22, 1896 Whereabouts Wrecked in 1934

Ship dimensions and crew length 118.6 m ( Lüa ) width 14.05 m measurement 4,446 GRT   crew 40

Machine system machine Triple expansion steam engine Machine performance 2,500 hp (1,839 kW) Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 6,800 dw Permitted number of passengers 43 1st class 1,234 between deck

The steamer Pisa was a passenger ship built for the Sloman shipping company by Alexander Stephen and Sons in Glasgow for the North Atlantic traffic. The Pisa was first used in 1897 and was in the vicinity when the Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg on April 15, 1912.

history

The Pisa , built by Alexander Stephen and Sons, was the last passenger ship built for the Sloman shipping company and the first to offer seats for first class passengers. It was launched on November 2, 1896 and began its maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York on May 20, 1897. The 12 knot single chimney had space for 40 passengers in 1st class and 1,200 between deck passengers.

In 1903 she was chartered by the Hamburg-American Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) and from April 11th drove for this company from Hamburg to New York.

On January 5, 1904, she drove once from Odessa via Constantinople , Smyrna , Piraeus to New York and back.

On September 1, 1907, HAPAG acquired the ship, which continued to commute between Hamburg and New York. On April 14, 1911, the Pisa began her first trip to Canada from Hamburg to Quebec and Montreal .

On April 1, 1912, she ran again from Hamburg to St. John's (Newfoundland) . On April 14th, she was in the same sea area as the Titanic , sighted ice and reported this. She arrived in St. John's on April 17th.

Her last trip to Canada began on August 29, 1913 and on April 11, 1914, she left Hamburg for the last time for New York. From there it was used on the new Mediterranean / Black Sea line, which it had already sailed in 1904. In addition to her, the same old Barcelona and Corcovado were used as the flagship of the line. On June 22, 1914, she ran from Batumi to Constantinople, Smyrna, Piraeus and New York, where she arrived on July 22, 1914. It was published there after the war began. The Pisa , led by Captain Hauer, was initially part of the plans to supply the cruisers and auxiliary cruisers operating in the Atlantic.

When the USA entered the war, it was confiscated and launched as the USS Ascutney .

In 1934 it was canceled in Boston , Massachusetts .

literature

• Noel RP Bonsor: North Atlantic Seaway. Vol. 1, p. 409.
• Carl Herbert: War voyages of German merchant ships. Broschek & Co, Hamburg 1934.
• Arnold Kludas : The history of the German passenger shipping 1850 to 1990. Ernst Kabel Verlag, 1986.

Web links

• SS Pisa on The Ship's List

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ice Chart, 1912 - April. Ice Data Canada ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ): “Apr 14 SS Pisa 42o06'N 49o43'W encountered extensive field of ice and saw 7 bergs of considerable size.”
2. ↑ George Dorscher: St. John Ship Arrivals 1910-1914. Odessa Digital Library, February 17, 2001: “SS Pisa - Depart: Hamburg, April 1, 1912, Arrive: St. John, April 17, 1912.”