Rhine (ship, 1868)
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The steamer Rhein was the first of two ships with this name to be built by Caird & Company in Greenock (Scotland) for North German Lloyd . The launch was in August 1868.
history
During the construction there were certain peculiarities: A completely different ship than the Rhine was launched, but handed over to the Royal Mail Steamship Co in connection with a bond and baptized with the name Neva and delivered that way (launched February 1868). The British Royal Mail Line had lost several ships in a hurricane in the West Indies in 1867, urgently needed replacement ships and therefore bought its almost completed Rhine from North German Lloyd (which had commissioned several shipbuilding) . As an alternative, the ship, which had already been laid up as the Oder , was launched in August 1868 and christened the Rhine . The ship had a clipper- shaped hull, was of iron construction and in addition to the steam boiler, two masts with sails. Initially blessed with a top speed of 12 knots , this rose to 13 to 13 knots in 1878 after an engine conversion with new boilers.
The following trips are known:
- Maiden voyage: October 3, 1868
- Bremen - Southampton - New York
- (1878 remodeling)
- North German Lloyd, steamship Rhine, captain Neynaber,
- Bremen November 13th 1881
- Southampton 16th November 1881
- New York December 2, 1881
- strong hurricane-like storms from SW and NW on the entire passage (which explains the extremely long crossing of around 19 days)
- North German Lloyd, steamship Rhine, captain Jungst
- Bremen (11 days, approx. May 30, 1884)
- New York July 10, 1884
- North German Lloyd, steamship Rhine, captain Jungst
- Bremen September 6, 1884
- New York September 17, 1884
- (Passenger list dated September 18, 1884)
- North German Lloyd, steamship Rhine, captain Jungst
- Bremen September 6, 1885
- Southampton
- New York September 19, 1885
- last trip: September 18, 1890
- Bremen - Baltimore
Sold in 1891 to Gray, Liverpool. Then in 1892 resold to A. Rimner, Liverpool (the registry entries show Cairds is the owner) and in 1893 resold to Jaeger Brothers, Liverpool. Wrecked: June 1894 in Barrow-in-Furness, England.
Sister ships
The Rhine has the following sister ships:
- Hermann : Bj. 1865, 2873 tons, 318ft x 40ft.
- Germany : Bj. 1866, 2800 tons, 325ft x 40ft.
- Union : Built 1867, 2800 tons, 325ft x 40 ft.
- Weser : Bj. 1867, 2870 tons, 325ft x 40ft.
- Baltimore : Bj. 1868, 2321 tons, 285ft x 39ft.
- Berlin : Bj. 1868, 2333 tons, 285ft x 39ft.
- Rhine : built 1868, 2901 tons, 332ft x 40ft.
- Main : Bj. 1868, 3087 tons, 332ft x 40ft.
- Danube : Bj. 1869, 2896 tons, 332ft x 40ft.
- Ohio : Bj. 1869, 2394 tons, 290.2ft x 39ft.
- Leipzig : Bj. 1869, 2388 tons, 290.2ft x 39ft.
- Hannover : Bj. 1870, 2571 tons, 300ft x 39ft.
- Frankfurt : Bj. 1870, 2582 tons, 300ft x 39ft.
- Cologne : built 1871, 2555 tons, 300ft x 39ft.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rhein (1868) ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Palmer List of Merchant Vessels
- ↑ a b The Rhine on immigrantships.net (engl.) - The following sources are named after this source: [Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857–1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p. 48; Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed .; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 546]. Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - January 8, 1998
3. Arnold Kludas : The History of German Passenger Shipping, Volume I 1850–1890 . Page 34