Category:Bremen (ship, 1858)

Bremen 

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Instance of	steamboat
Owned by	Norddeutscher Lloyd
Manufacturer	Caird & Company
Yard number	58
Beam	11.89 m
Length	101.46 m
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Source: Scottish Built Ships

Ship[edit]

• Built at Caird & Co., Greenock, UK
• Launched Feb. 1, 1858
• 2674 GRT, 2756 tdw
• Length 333 ft (101.4 m), beam 39 ft (11.8 m)
• Compound engines, 1310 HP, 11 kn,
• three masts with auxiliary sails,
• Passengers: 60 I, 110 , 400 TwD.
• Crew 102

History[edit]

• June 19,1858 maiden voyage Bremerhaven - New York, arrival on July 4th, thus travel duration 14 days and 13 hours. She was the NGL’s first overseas steamer.
• January 1859 she returned to Bremerhaven under sails with a broken tailshaft; six months later she re-entered service with a new tailshaft.
• June 1874, the first ' Bremen ' was sold to E. Bates & Co., Liverpool, and subsequently converted to a fullrigged sailing ship.
• October 16, 1882, wrecked on South Farralones, California.