SS Batavia Archival Collection
The Batavia at the Landing Stage Taking On 2500 Trutons for China. The Sketch Magazine, 15 August 1900. GGA Image ID # 16254247a5
Batavia (1899) Hamburg-American Line
Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Tonnage: 11,464. Dimensions: 501' x 62'. Twin-screw, 12 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel. Tonnage originally listed as 10,178. Renamed: (a) Polonia (1913), (b) Batavia (1913). Sale: Acquired by Messageries Maritimes in 1920. Fate: Scrapped in 1923. Sister ship: Bulgaria.
1907-06-01 SS Batavia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 1 June 1907
- Route: New York to Hamburg
- Commander: Captain G. Bachman
Twin-Screw Express and Passenger Steamship Services, and Sailing Schedule, Hamburg-Southampton-Boulogne sur Mer-Cherbourg-Plymouth-New York, from 23 August 2906 to 27 October 1906. Ships Included the Amerika, Batavia, Blücher, Deutschland, Graf Waldersee, Hamburg, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Oceana, Patricia, Pennsylvania, and Pretoria. SS Moltke Passenger List, 21 August 1906. GGA Image ID # 1e43a0cfd7
Sailing Schedule, Genoa-Naples-New York and New York-Gibraltar-Naples-Genoa, from 28 May 1907 to 2 February 1908. Ships Included the Batavia, Bulgaria, Hamburg, Moltke, and President Lincoln. SS Batavia Passenger List, 1 June 1907. GGA Image ID # 1ec5531301
Sailing Schedule, New York-Gibraltar-Naples-Genoa and Genoa-Naples-New York, from 30 April 1909 to 4 November 1909. Ships Included the Batavia, Bulgaria, Hamburg, and Moltke. SS Blücher Passenger List, 12 May 1909. GGA Image ID # 1f8ad5595c
Sailing Schedule, Mediterranean and Atlas Services, from 26 January 1910 to 25 November 1910. Ships Included the Alleghany, Altai, Batavia, Hamburg, Moltke, Prinz August Wilhelm, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Prinz Joachim, Prinz Sigismund, and Sarnia. The Moltke is a new twin-screw steamer of 12,500 tons and 16 knots speed. The Hamburg is a new twin-screw steamer of 10,500 tons and 16 knots average speed. The Batavia carries Second Cabin and Steerage Passengers only. The Steamers Prinz Joachim, Prinz August Wilhelm, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Prinz Sigismund, Sarnia and Sibiria have second-class accommodations. Hamburg-American Gazette, May 1910. GGA Image ID # 2128140126. Click to View Larger Image.
