SS Bayern Archival Collection
SS Bayern of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, 1893. GGA Image ID # 2109878540
Bayern (1886) North German Lloyd
Built by "Vulkan", Stettin, Germany. Tonnage: 4,580. Dimensions: 388' x 45'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 14 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Design Notes: Steel hull. Modifications: Lengthened to 440 feet (5,034 tons) in 1894. Fate: Sold to Italian shipbreakers in 1909. Sister ships: Preussen and Sachsen.
Bayern (1921) North German Lloyd
Built by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack, Germany. Tonnage: 8,917. Dimensions: 468' x 58'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 13 knots. Triple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Four masts and one funnel. Service: Germany-France-West Indies. Renamed: Sontay (1936). Similar ships: Baden and Wurttemburg.
1900-09-04 SS Bayern Passenger List
Steamship Line: North German Lloyd / Norddeutscher Lloyd
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 4 September 1900
Route: Bremen to Hong Kong via Antwerp, Genoa, Colombo, and Singapore
Commander: Captain H. Bleeker
Sailing Schedule, Bremen-Cuba, Brasilian Ports, La Plata, or East Asia, from 10 October 1903 to 26 December 1903. Ships Included the Aachen, Bayern, Bonn, Coblenz, Crefeld, Erlangen, Gera, Halle, Heidelberg, Helgoland, Kiautschou, König Albert, Mainz, Norderney, Pfalz, Roland, Sachsen, Schleswig, Seydlitz, Wittenberg, and Wittekind. SS Kaiser Wilhelm II Cabin Passenger List, 6 October 1903. GGA Image ID # 2136dada84
Sailing Schedule, Bremen-Cuba, Bremen-Brazil, Bremen-La Plata, Bremen or Hamburg-East Asia, from 27 May 1905 to 17 August 1905. Ships Included the Aachen, Bayern, Coblenz, Crefeld, Erlangen, Gneisenau, Halle, Heidelberg, Helgoland, Mainz, Norderney, Preussen, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Prinz Heinrich, Roon, and Scharnhorst. SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse First and Second Class Passenger List, 23 May 1905. GGA Image ID # 2108ab3381
