Materiały źródłowe

Amerika

Hamburg-America Line

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Length: 669 ft. Breadth: 74.3 ft. Draft (or Depth): 47.8 ft. (depth) Tonnage: 22,622 (gross) Engines: Quadruple expansion, 8 cyl. (2) 34" (2) 49" (2) 71" (2) 100" x 63" stroke. Speed: 18 knots Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Ireland (Yard No. 357) Launched: April 20, 1905 Maiden Voyage: October 11, 1905 - Hamburg - Dover - New York. Disposition: 1957-58 (Scrapped). Particulars: Port of Registry: Hamburg, Germany Flag of Registry: Germany Funnel color: Buff Company flag: Blue and white, diagonally quartered; yellow shield at center with black anchor and black HAPAG Signal Letters: R N V D Wireless call letters: D D R Details: Steel hull, 2 funnels, 4 masts, twin screws, electric light, wireless.

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Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

April 14, 1912

Eastbound, New York to Hamburg. At 11:20 a.m., transmitted an ice advisory to the U. S. Hydrographic Office (M X G), warning of ice at 41.27N., 50.08W. - 12.5 miles from where the Titanic later sank. This message was heard by Titanic and was transmitted by her to land stations at 1:45 p.m. On April 15th Amerika reported ice at 41.30N., 50.0W.

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Data:

April 20, 1905

Launched.

October 11, 1905

Maiden voyage, Hamburg - Dover - New York.

October 6, 1914

First voyage, Hamburg - Boulogne - Southampton - New York.

April 1917

Seized by U. S. Government, renamed America.

1917-18

Nine trooping voyages U. S. to France.

January 1, 1920

New York - Vladivostok via Panama (arrived April 20); embarked 6,500 troops for Trieste.

1920-21

Reconditioned.

June 22, 1921

U. S. Mail Line acquisition. New York - Bremen. First Class 225; Second Class 425; Third Class 1,500.

August 27, 1921

Taken over by U. S. Lines; first voyage New York - Bremen - Danzig.

March 11, 1926

Newport News, VA., serious fire; extensively rebuilt; tonnage 21,329. Cabin Class 835; Tourist Third Cabin 516.

March 1928

New York - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Bremen.

August 25, 1931

Last voyage Hamburg - Southampton - Cherbourg - New York; handed back to U. S. Government; laid up in Chesapeake Bay.

1941

Commissioned as U. S. transport Edmund B. Alexander, extensively refitted; converted to oil; two funnels reduced to one.

1946

As transport, struck mine off Bremerhaven; towed to port.

1949

Laid up, first at Baltimore, then near New York in Hudson River.

1957-58

Sold to Bethlehem Steel Company, towed from Hudson River to Baltimore, scrapped.

Titanic Inquiry Project

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