S.S. Stockholm, Swedish America Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1900 at Hamburg, Germany by Blohm & Voss 12,522 gross 547,1ft x 62.1ft x 34.6ft Swedish America Line

Her tonnage was 12 522 tons gross, 11 562 under deck and 7 902 net (these numbers were subject to changes through time). The promenade deck was 195 feet of length. She was construction on steel, had twin screws; 3 steel decks, 2 sheathed in wood, and steel shelter deck sheathed in wood: She had web frames, 10 bulkheads, partly asphalted and partly cemented. The Stockholm was fitted with electric light, submarine signaling device and wireless. She had a cellular double bottom, aft 153 feet, under engine and boilers 97 feet, forward 208 feet, 1 627 tons; Deep Tank forward 57 feet, 1 945 tons. Propulsion: triple expansion engine with 6 cylinders of 27 7/16, 46 1/2 & 80 in. diameter each pair; stroke 55 1/8 inches; operating at 206 p.s.i.; 1 355 nominal horsepower; 4 double ended and 3 single ended boilers; 33 corrugated furnaces; grate surface 698 sq. ft.; heating surface 24 046 sq. ft.; engine built by the same company as the hull. [Lloyd's register of shipping, submitted by Gilbert Provost][North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.3,p.912]


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Chronological History

Year Event
1899 Dec. 15, launched for Holland America Line as the Potsdam
1914 Captured in the Antarctic by the German Armed Merchant Raider "Pinguin", taken to Bordeaux. Later the same year she was put under the German flag and renamed "Sonderburg"
1915 Apr. 24, commenced her last voyage Rotterdam - New York
1915 Went to the Swedish American Line and was renamed Stockholm
1915 Dec. 11, first voyage Gothenburg - New York, called at Kirkwall for contraband inspection on her way to New York
1916 Departed Gothenburg. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1918 Departed Gothenburg. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1919 Departed Gothenburg. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1920 Departed Gothenburg. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1921 Departed Gothenburg. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1922 Departed Gothenburg. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1922 Reconditioned in Gothenburg, funnel reduced in height
1923 Departed Gothenburg. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1924 Departed Gothenburg. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1925 Departed Gothenburg. Arrived New York. — See in Routes & Departures
1929 Sold and converted to a Norwegian whale factory, renamed "Solglimt
1944 Scuttled at Cherbourg
1947 Raised and scrapped

Routes & Departures

Year Route To Departures
1916 Gothenburg - New York ▶ 6
1918 Gothenburg - New York 1
Date From To Note Connections
1918-11-30
1919 Gothenburg - New York ▶ 4
1920 Gothenburg - New York ▶ 5
1921 Gothenburg - New York ▶ 4
1922 Gothenburg - New York ▶ 7
1923 Gothenburg - New York ▶ 3
1924 Gothenburg - New York ▶ 5
1925 Gothenburg - New York ▶ 8

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