S.S. Hudson, Norddeutscher Lloyd

When launched the Hudson was the largest iron steamship yet built on the Tyne. She was propelled by engines of 700-horse power nominal,— about 2,000 effective. According to a contemporary article in the New York Times she had the following dimensions : 345* feet over all, 40 feet beam, and 26 feet deep¹. She had four decks, poop, spar, middle and lower. The saloons and state rooms were fitted up in a very sumptuous manner. She was fitted out to accommodate 100 first-class, 125 second-class, and about 400 third-class (steerage) passengers. Her full complement of passengers, officers, enginemen, firemen and seamen, was about 700. The Hudson was the 71st iron vessel built by by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co.
(* N.R.P. Bonsor, "North Atlantic Seaway" p. 182 gives the length as 307 feet)