Augusta Victoria | Norway Heritage

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1881 at Stettin by AG Vulcan	7,661 gross	462.7ft x 55.7ft	Hamburg America Line

Augusta Victoria, Hamburg America Line steamship
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Originally laid down as the "Normannia", (ship #183) but launched on 1 December 1888 as the Augusta Victoria, after Auguste Victoria, wife of the Emperor Wilhelm II. (The error in the first name was not discovered until after the launching, and was officially changed in 1897). The Augusta Victoria was the first German express steamer, and the type-ship of the "Augusta-Victoria Class".She was a steel construction with three funnels and three masts. She had triple-expansion engines (13,500 psi), twin screws and a speed of 18-19 knots. There was accommodation for 400-1st, 120-2nd and 580-3rd class passengers and she had crew of 245 persons.

She started a winter service from Genoa to New York on March 15th 1894 and commenced her last voyage from Hamburg to Southampton and New York on October 22nd 1896. In 1896-7 she was lengthened to 520.8ft by Harland & Wolff, her tonnage increased to 8,479 tons and her mainmast removed. At the same time she was given the correct name of "Auguste Victoria". On June 3rd 1897 she resumed the Hamburg - Southampton - New York service and on April 8th 1903 commenced her last voyage from Naples to Genoa and New York. She sailed from Hamburg on her final voyage to Southampton and New York on January 16th 1904 and was sold to Russia in May of that year. Renamed "Kuban" and used as a Russian auxiliary cruiser and troopship in the Russo-Japanese War, she was eventually scrapped at Stettin in 1907.

S.S Augusta Victoria, Hamburg America Line steamship

The S.S. Augusta Victoria, in the pack ice
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S/S Auguste Victoria of the Hamburg America Line
photographed on a cruise along the Norwagian coast to Spitzbergen

Officers gathered on the ship on a cruise to the Mediterranean in 1891.
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S.S. Auguste Victoria
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Hamburg America Line steamship Augusta Victoria,
longitudinal sctional view and plans of the upper deck and main deck.
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S/S Auguste Victoria Capt. Barends standing on the bridge on a cruise to the Mediterranean in 1891

Capt. Barends standing on the bridge on a cruise to the Mediterranean in 1891
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S/S Auguste Victoria of the Hamburg America Line photographed deck view.

Auguste Victoria, deck view
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Hamburg America Line steamship Augusta Victoria - Mittelmeer fahrt
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Chronological History

Year	Event
1888	Dec. 1, launched as "Augusta Victoria"
1889	May 10, maiden voyage Hamburg-Southampton-New York
1889	Hamburg May 10 → New York May 18. Via Southampton.
1889	Southampton June 14 → New York June 20. ?? Arrive date Capt. Albers, arrived at 15:00 afternoon.
1889	Southampton July 12 → New York July 19. Arrived at 13:00 afternoon.
1889	→ New York Sept. 13. Crossing the Ocean in 6 days.
1889	→ New York Oct. 11. Capt. Albers arrived at 23:00 evening after crossing the Ocean in only 5 days and 17 hours.
1890	Hamburg → New York Apr. 25. Arrived at 06:00 evening after a journey of only 7 days 9 hours from Hamburg.
1890	Hamburg → New York June 20. 7,5 days crossing the Ocean.
1890	Hamburg → New York Oct. 10
1891	→ New York July 18. Arrived at 07:00 morning after a journey of 6 days 2hours crossing the Ocean.
1891	Hamburg Oct. 30 → New York Nov. 7. Passengers leaving Bergen on <I>feeder ship </I> 1891-10-23 (Route 1. Norwegian West-coast - Hamburg)<BR>Crossing the Ocean in 6 days, 15 hours and 30 min. from England.
1892	→ New York June 4
1892	Hamburg July 22 → New York July 30. Captain Barends Arrived N.Y 05:00 morning after having used 6 days 5 hours and 55 min. from Queenstown.
1892	Hamburg Aug. 19 → New York Aug. 27. Captain Barends Arrived in N.Y after a journey of 6 days 14 hours and 10 min. from Queenstown.
1893	→ New York May 12
1893	→ New York June 9. Arrived at 21:15 evening after crossing the Ocean in 6 days, 20 hours and 20 min..
1893	→ New York July 7
1893	→ New York July 28. Via Queenstown.
1893	→ New York Sept. 1
1894	Hamburg → New York Apr. 27
1894	Hamburg → New York May 25. Captain Kaempff, arrived in New York in the morning.
1894	Hamburg → New York June 22. Captain Kaemff.
1894	→ New York Aug. 17
1896	1896-1897 rebuilt by Harland & Wolff, new length 520.8 feet, new tonnage 8,479 gross
1896	Two masts, and name corrected to Auguste Victoria
1897	June 3, first voyage Hamburg-Southampton-New York as "Auguste Victoria"
1904	Sold to Russia, renamed "Kuban"
1907	Scrapped at Stettin