SS Neckar, built in 1873 for the Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd)
by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland. 3,120 tons; 351 feet long x 40 feet broad; straight bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron
construction, screw propulsion, service speed 14 knots. 10 November 1873, launched. 18 April 1874, maiden voyage,
Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1886 Bremen-Far East service. 1894, Mediterranean-New York service. 1896 sold; scrapped
[Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old
World with the New (Prescott, Lancashire: T. Stephenson & Sons., 1955), p. 184]. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of
Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., [1993]),
p. 216, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum
[Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer -
21 July 1997]
The steamship NECKAR was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland, for the
Norddeutscher Lloyd, and was launched on 11 October 1873. 3,122 tons; 107,70 x 12,20 meters (length x breadth); straight
bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 13.5 knots; accommodation for
144 passengers in 1st class, 68 in 2nd class, and 502 in steerage. 18 April 1874, maiden voyage,
Bremen-Southampton-New York. 3 January 1886, last voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1886, rebuilt at Bremerhaven for the East Asia Imperial Mail service; passenger accommodation altered to 50 in 1st class, 21 in 2nd class, and 574 in steerage. 28 July 1886, first voyage, Bremen-Suez Canal-Far East. 14 February 1894, first voyage, Naples-New York. 23 March 1895, last voyage, Naples-New York (9 roundtrip voyages). 15 June 1895, first voyage, Bremen-New York. August 1895, last voyage, Bremen-New York (2 roundtrip voyages). October 1896, sold; December 1896, scrapped in Genoa [Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994-c1995), vol. 1, p. 71, no. 44; Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 550]. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 216, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970.
[Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by
Michael Palmer - 13 January 1998]
(Note: Martin Holz, October 2001).
