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Titel: Äldre inlägg (arkiv) till 2003-09-15
Skrivet av: Karin Björkholm (Karin) skrivet 2003-09-08, 13:51
[color=0000ff]Hej Kerstin, någon Hilma Ekman 22 år från Vimmerby reser ut med båten GERMANIC till Clinton i Wisconsin där brodern Axel bor år 1901.[/color]
[color=119911]GERMANIC Built by Harlan & Wolff Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1875. 5,071 gross tons; 468 (bp) feet long; 45 feet wide Compound engine, single screw. Service speed 16 knots. 1,700 passengers (200 first class, 1,500 third class). Built for White Star and Dominion Lines, in 1875 and named Germanic. Liverpool-New York service. Won trans-Atlantic Blue Ribbon for speed in 1876. Sold to Dominion Line, British flag, in 1905 and renamed Ottawa. Liverpool-Canada service. Sold to Turkish owners, in 1911 and renamed Gul-Djemal. Mediterranean and Black Sea service. Torpedoed and sunk in 1928 and renamed Gulcemal. Constantinople-New York service. After 76 years of service it was scrapped in Italy in 1905.