Titel: Memsen
Skrivet av: Karin Holm Björkholm (Karin) skrivet 2001-09-25, 21:07
Hej,
Till din Memsensamling,Kerstin. Jag hittade en Miss. Sophie Memsen 41 år,som reste till New York från Bremen - Cherbourg med SS Barbarossa.>>> Built by Blohm & Voss Shipbuilders, Hamburg, Germany, 1897. 10,769 gross tons; 548 (bp) feet long; 60 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 14.5 knots. 2,392 passengers (230 first class, 227 second class, 1,935 third class).
Built for North German Lloyd, German flag, in 1897 and named Barbarossa. Bremerhaven-Australia and Bremerhaven-New York service. Interned at New York 1914-17. Seized by United States Navy, American flag, in 1917 and renamed USS Mercury. Troop transport service. Scrapped in 1924.