Details: straight stem, one funnel, two masts, steel construction, single screw and a
speed of 11 knots. (engines by D. Rowan & Sons, Glasgow). There was passenger accommodation for 10-1st and 620-3rd class.
In 1894 she was renamed "Sicilia" and
on 27th October 1894 started her first Hamburg - Montreal sailing. On 22nd
December 1894 she commenced her first voyage from Hamburg to Boston and on
8th May 1895 started her first Stettin - Helsingborg - Gothenburg - Christiansand - New York
sailing. On 9th May 1896 she made the first of four round voyages between
Hamburg and Montreal, and her last Stettin - New York crossing commenced on
9th December 1897. On 13th March 1901, she commenced Genoa - Naples - New York sailings and
made her last voyage on this service 2nd February 1902. In April 1902 she
made the first of nine round voyages from Odessa to Constantinople, Piraeus
and New York, the last voyage starting on 23rd July 1904. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1,p.398]
