S.S. Hamburg (1), Hamburg America Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1899 at Stettin by AG Vulcan 10,532 gross 499.3ft x 60.2ft Hamburg America Line

Hamburg (1), Hamburg America Line steamship
Hamburg (1), Hamburg America Line steamship
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Hamburg (1) - Hamburg America Line steamship painted white serving as a State Yacht for Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1906
Hamburg (1) painted white serving as a State Yacht for Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1906
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Hamburg (1) as the President Fillmore, U.S. Government Ship
Hamburg (1) as the President Fillmore, U.S. Government Ship
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Chronological History

Year Event
1899 Nov. 25, launched for Far East service
1900 Mar. 21, departed on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Yokohama via the Suez Canal
1904 June 2: departed Hamburg for her first voyage to New York
1904 June 12: arrived New York from Hamburg
1904 July 17: arrived New York from Hamburg
1904 Aug. 14: arrived New York from Hamburg
1904 Sept. 11: arrived New York from Hamburg
1904 Oct. 9: arrived New York from Hamburg
1904 Nov. 14: arrived New York from Hamburg
1904 Nov. 19: departed New York for Hamburg via Plmouth and Cherbourg
1904 Went to the Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte at Hamburg for rebuilding
1905 Mar. 23: departed Cuxhaven as a State Yacht for Kaiser Wilhelm II on his cruise to the Mediterranean, escorted by the armed cruiser Prinz Friedrich Karl.
1905 Mar. 27: arrived Lisbon
1905 Mar. 30: departed Lisbon
1905 Mar. 31: called at Tangier for a few hours
1905 Apr. 1: departed Gibraltar for Port Mahon
1905 April 3: at Port Mahon, Minorca
1905 Apr. 15: departed Genoa for New York
1905 Apr. 27: arrived New York from the Mediterranean
1905 May 12: called at Plymouth on way from New York to Cherbourg and Hamburg
1905 May 28: arrived New York from Hamburg
1905 June 15: departed Hamburg for New York via Dover and Boulogne
1905 June 24: arrived New York (at the Bar at 4:55 pm) with 158 cabin- and 763 steerage passengers
1905 June 29: departed New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg
1905 July 8: called at Cherbourg on way to Hamburg
1905 July 12: departed Hamburg for a cruise to Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, Iceland and Norway. Scheduled return to Hamburg Aug. 4
1905 Aug. 28: arrived New York from Hamburg
1905 Sept. 8: passed the Scilly islands on way from New York to Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg
1905 Sept. 24: arrived New York from Hamburg
1905 Oct. 21: departed Genoa for New York via Naples (Capt. Burmeister)
1905 Oct. 29: arrived Gibraltar from Genoa and Naples on way to New York
1905 Nov. 4: arrived New York with 191 cabin- and 671 steerage passengers (Capt. Burmeister)
1905 Dec. 21: arrived New York from the Mediterranean
1906 Feb. 14: arrived New York the Mediterranean
1906 April: painted white and prepared to be used as a State Yacht for Kaiser Wilhelm
1906 July 6: at Bergen, Norway
1906 July 8: arrived Trondhjem with the Kaiser escorted by the SMS Leipzig and SMS Sleipner. Kaiser Wilhelm was met by King Haakon at Trondhjem
1906 July 31: arrived Swinemunde after about 4 weeks of cruising in Northern waters with Kaiser Wilhelm (at the cost of $4.250 a day)
1906 Sep. 19: arrived New York from Hamburg
1906 Nov. 8: arrived New York the Mediterranean
1906 Dec. 21: arrived New York the Mediterranean
1907 Feb. 17: arrived New York from the Mediterranean
1907 Mar. 27: arrived New York from the Mediterranean
1907 Apr. 19: departed Naples for New York, called at Genoa the next day (Capt. Burmeister)
1907 May 2: arrived New York from the Mediterranean with 221 cabin- and 1,067 steerage passengers
1907 May 7: departed New York for Naples and Genoa
1907 June 7: arrived New York from the Mediterranean
1907 Aug. 5: arrived New York from the Mediterranean
1907 Sept. 4: departed Genoa from New York, called at Naples Sept. 9 (Capt. Burmeister)
1907 Sept. 19: arrived New York from the Mediterranean with 806 cabin- and 917 steerage passengers
1907 Oct. 16: departed Genoa, and called at Naples the 19th on way to New York (Capt. Burmeister)
1907 Nov. 1: arrived New York from the Mediterranean with 242 cabin- and 720 steerage passengers
1907 Nov. 20: arrived Genoa from New York
1907 Dec. 23: arrived New York from the Mediterranean
1909 Mar. 20: arrived New York from Mediterranean ports
1909 Mar. 23: departed New York for Naples via Gibraltar carrying Col. Theodore Roosevelt and his African hunt party on their way to East Africa (Capt. Burmeister)
1909 Apr. 2: arrived at Gibraltar from the Azores
1909 Apr. 5: arrived Naples from Gibraltar
1914 August, interned at New York
1914 Chartered by the American Red Cross Society to transport American doctors and nurses for service in WW1. She was renamed the Red Cross and painted all white.
1914 Sept. 13: departed New York for Falmouth, Havre, Antwerp and Rotterdam with 122 nurses, 33 doctors and medical supplies
1914 Sept. 24: arrived Falmouth
1914 Oct. 2: arrived Pauillac in the morning from Falmouth
1914 Oct. 4: departed Pauillac for Rotterdam
1914 Oct. 6: arrived Rotterdam with 6 surgeons, 25 nurses and 41 tons of medical supplies for hospital work among German and Austrian troops
1914 Oct. 12: departed Rotterdam for New York direct, with about 150 refugees
1914 Oct. 24: arrived New York from Rotterdam
1914 Name changed back to "Hamburg"
1917 Seized by USA, became US Govt. ship "Powhatan"
1918 Dec. 25: departed France for Newport News with troops
1919 Jan. 7: arrived Newport News with soldiers from the 127th Field Artillery, 115th Trench and Mortar Battery and a casual company
1919 Feb. 19: departed Bordeaux for New York with troops from WW1
1919 March 6: arrived New York from Bordeaux with 2.530 soldiers, the ship was delayed due to an outbreak of influenza soon after departure, which forced her to pull back. No deaths occurred .
1919 Apr. 10: was due at Charleston with several units from the 30th Division
1919 May 21: arrived Newport News with about 2,000 members of the 29th Division including General Morton
1919 June 30: arrived Charleston with about 2,884 soldiers from different units
1919 Sept 10: departed New York for Brest
1919 Sept. 23: departed Brest for New York.
1919 Oct. 4: arrived New York from Brest with about 1,233 casuals from France
1919 Dec. 8: departed Brest for New York.
1919 Dec. 21: arrived New York from Brest with about 1,000 soldiers
1920 Jan. 16: departed the army piers at Hoboken with about 271 passengers for Antwerp (Capt. Randall)
1920 Jan. 18: sent distress signals after her boiler room had been flooded, the Cedric and Western Comet took positions near the disabeled ship
1920 Jan. 22: passengers transfered to the S/S Northern Pacific which took them back to Hoboken
1920 Jan. 27: arrived Halifax in tow, all well with the crew
1920 Feb. 29: departed Halifax for New York
1920 Mar. 3: arrived New York from Halifax
1920 Reconditioned by Morgan Engineering Company of Jersey City
1920 Renamed "New Rochelle" chartered by Baltic S.S. Corp. of America
1920 Aug. 4: departed on her first voayage as the "New Rochelle" from New York to Danzig
1920 Aug. 18: arrived Danzig
1920 Sept. 17: arrived New York from Danzig
1920 Oct. 2: departed New York for Danzig
1920 Nov. 14: arrived New York from Havre with 1,645 passengers, including several Polish refugees (departed Havre on Nov. 2)
1920 Nov. 20: departed New York for Danzig and Havre
1920 Dec. 29: departed Havre for New York, scheduled arrival Jan. 12
1921 Feb. 11: departed New York for Bremen (and other ports)
1921 Feb. 26: arrived Bremen
1921 March 10: departed Bremen
1921 March 28: arrived New York from Bremen via Boston
1921 Renamed "Hudson" for the Unted States Mail Steamship Co.
1921 Apr. 9: departed New York for Danzig and Germany
1921 Apr. 9: departed New York for Danzig and Hamburg with 1,200 passengers and 4 elephants (U.S. Mail Line)
1921 May 7: departed Bremerhaven
1922 Apr.: renamed "President Fillmore"
1928 Scrapped in USA

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