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Connected directly to Hamburg by a dedicated railway line and station, the HAPAG Terminal at Cuxhaven served as the major departure point for German and European immigrants to North America until 1969 when ocean liner travel ceased. Today it serves as a museum and cruise ship terminal. [1] Poster by Otto Arpke (1931)
MS St. Louis was adapted as a German naval accommodation ship from 1940 to 1944. She was heavily damaged by the Allied bombings at Kiel on August 30, 1944. The ship was repaired and used as a hotel ship in Hamburg in 1946. She was sold and scrapped at Bremerhaven in 1952. [30] [citation needed]
Weser was built as yard number 137 by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland for North German Lloyd. [1] She entered service on the Bremen - Southampton - New York - Baltimore route on 1 June 1867. [ citation needed ] On 7 August 1870, she ran aground in the Solent at the entrance to the Southampton Water .
It was assigned to transatlantic crossings between Hamburg, Germany and New York City, USA and played a role in German immigration to the United States. The Suevia had accommodation for 100 first-class, 70 second-class and 600 third-class passengers. It had two masts and reached a speed of 13 knots.
Concord was the ship that in 1683 took the first group of German emigrants to America. [1] On board of the galleon were 13 Mennonite families from Krefeld with a total of 33 people. The ship is also known as the "German Mayflower". Concord set sail on July 6, 1683, in Rotterdam under Captain William Jeffries with 57 passengers.
SS Frankfurt was a German steamship built by Joh. C. Tecklenborg.First launched on 17 December 1899, Frankfurt was first operated under Norddeutscher Lloyd.She took frequent passages between Germany and the United States from 1900 to 1918.
Deutschland was built as an emigrant passenger ship. She entered service on 7 October 1866 and arrived at New York on her maiden voyage on 28 October. [1] [2] On 8 August 1869, she collided with and sank the British schooner Mary Bottwood off Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom, killing three of her four crew and rescuing the survivor.
SS Baltimore was an iron passenger steamship of the North German Lloyd (Norddeutscher Lloyd) line, built by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland in 1867. She was used for most of her career to bring German immigrants to Baltimore.