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ARCADIA The “Arcadia” was the first of two ships with this name owned by Hamburg America Line. She was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1896 and her details were – 5,442 gross tons, length 400ft x beam 49ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 20-1st and 1,100-3rd class passengers. Launched on 8\/10\/1896, she left Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Montreal in April 1897. On 16\/5\/1897 she stranded near Cape Ray, Newfoundland on the homeward voyage, but was refloated and returned to Quebec for temporary repairs and then proceeded to Belfast for reconditioning by her builders. On 3\/11\/1897 she sailed from Belfast to New York and Hamburg and on 15\/12\/1897 commenced her first voyage Hamburg – Portland – Boston. On 25\/7\/1914 she left Hamburg on her last voyage to Baltimore and took refuge in the USA due to the outbreak of the Great War. In April 1917 she was seized at Newport News by US authorities and became the US government ship “Arcadia”. She was scrapped in 1926. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.402] Description 2\u2026 The steamship ARCADIA was built for the Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, and launched on 8 October 1896. 5,442 tons; 121,4 x 14,9 meters (length x beam); straight stem, 1 funnel, 2 masts; steel construction, screw propulsion, service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 20 passengers in 1st class, and 1,136 in steerage. April 1897, maiden voyage, Hamburg-Montreal. 16 May 1897, stranded near Cape Ray, Newfoundland, on homeward voyage; 30 May 1897, arrived Quebec for temporary repairs; proceeded to builders for recoditioning. 3 November 1897, first voyage, Belfast-New York-Hamburg. 15 December 1897, first voyage, Hamburg – Portland – Boston. 4 September 1900, troop transport to China (Boxer Rebellion). 20 June 1908, 3 men killed when a box containg detonators exploded in storeroom IV. 29 December 1913, rescued the crew of the British steamship TEMPLEMORE, on fire in the North Atlantic. 25 July 1914, last voyage, Hamburg-Baltimore. 18 August 1914, laid up in Newport News. 6 April 1917, seized by the U.S. Shipping Board. 1920, chartered to the Acme Operation Co., Seattle. 1922, chartered to the California Steam Ship Co., Panama. 1926, scrapped. [Posted to the ShipsList by Ted Finch – 5 November 1997] [Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg- Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 66 (photograph); 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. 1 (1975), p. 403]. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer – 10 February 1998]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SS Arcadia, passenger ship for P&O, launched 17 December 1887, completed 12 May 1888.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ship built by Harland and Wolff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arcadia 202 Belfast 17 December 1887 Passenger Ship Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co Scrapped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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