Relative Immigration
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Peter Lohmann was on board the SS Leipzig when he made the crossing of the Atlantic from Bremerhaven to Baltimore, Maryland in November/December 1880. (See Chapter:Peter Lohmann Arrived in Baltimore, Maryland)
Ship Description/History
The LEIPZIG was a 2,388 gross ton ship, built by Caird & Co, Greenock in 1869 for North German Lloyd of Bremen. Her details were – length 290.2ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was accommodation for 84-1st and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched on 13th Feb.1869, she sailed from Bremen on her maiden voyage to Southampton and Baltimore in May 1869. On 13th Jan.1872 she commenced the first of five Bremen – New York voyages and in 1883 her engines were compounded by Henniges, Bremen. She started her last Bremen – Baltimore crossing on 12th May.1886 and was subsequently used on the S.American service. She started her last voyage on 19th May 1894 and was sold to Hamburg owners the same year. In 1898 she was scrapped at Hamburg. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2, p.547]
Source Information
The Ships List, SHIP DESCRIPTIONS – L . Downloaded 7 Jul 2020 from https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsL.shtml
| Ship Name |
Leipzig
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|---|---|
| Years in service |
1869-1894
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| Funnels |
1
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| Masts |
2
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| Shipping Line |
North German Lloyd
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| Line |
2
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| Ship description |
Built by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland. Tonnage: 2,388. Dimensions: 300′ x 39′. Single-screw, 10 knots. Inverted engines. Two masts and one funnel. Iron hull. Compound engines in 1883. Launched, February 13, 1869.
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| History |
Employed mainly in Baltimore service. In service 1869-1894. Made her final voyage to New York in 1890. Sold for scrap in 1894. Running mates: Baltimore, Berlin and Ohio.
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Source Information
Ancestry.com. Passenger Ships and Images [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Downloaded 7 Jul 2020 from https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8944&h=672&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Ila1850&_phstart=successSource
Ship Picture
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Passenger Ships and Images [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Downloaded 7 Jul 2020 from https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8944&h=672&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Ila1850&_phstart=successSource .
Departures from Bremerhaven in 1880
| date | Ship name | Agency / shipping company | captain | destination | Number of passengers | Arrivals | Remarks | |||||||
| 11.02.1880 | Leipzig | Nordd. Lloyd, Bremen | Pfeiffer, F. | Baltimore | 117 | |||||||||
| 25.03.1880 | Leipzig | Nordd. Lloyd, Bremen | Pfeiffer | Brazil | 17 | |||||||||
| 14.07.1880 | Leipzig | Nordd. Lloyd, Bremen | Pfeiffer | Baltimore | 654 | |||||||||
| 25.08.1880 | Leipzig | Nordd. Lloyd, Bremen | Pfeiffer | Baltimore | 922 | |||||||||
| 06.10.1880 | Leipzig | Nordd. Lloyd, Bremen | Pfeiffer | Baltimore | 1406 | |||||||||
| 18.11.1880 | Leipzig | Nordd. Lloyd, Bremen | Pfeiffer, F. | Baltimore | 883 | |||||||||
| 05.01.1881 | Leipzig | Nordd. Lloyd, Bremen | Pfeiffer | Baltimore | 240 |
Source Information
DIE MAUS[1] Departures of emigration passages Downloaded 7 Jul 2020 from http://212.227.236.244/auswanderung/abfahrtsdaten/passagen.php?lang=en&s=s&v=Leipzig
Transatlantic Crossing Time
Departure from Bremerhaven, Germany: 18 Nov 1880
Arrival in Baltimore, Maryland , USA: 7 Dec 1880
Transatlantic Crossing Time: (12 + 7 = 19 days) 2 weeks and 5 days.
Notes
- DIE MAUS -A Project with the Bremen Chamber of Commerce and the Bremen Staatsarchiv (State Archive) maintains historical archives of documentation and databases of vessels in the Port of Bremerhaven.
- The SS Leipzig should not be confused with the SMS Leipzig which was a flush-deck steam corvette of the German Imperial Navy.