SS Ems Archival Collection
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Express Steamer SS Ems (1884) of the North German Lloyd. Norddeutscher Lloyd History and Organization, 1908. GGA Image ID # 1ddbc8381b
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- Ems (1884) North German Lloyd Ship's History (Brief)
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Ems (1884) North German Lloyd
Built by John Elder & Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 4,933. Dimensions: 430' x 47'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 16 knots. Compound engines. Propulsion: Masts and Funnels: Masts and Funnels: Four masts and two funnels. Maiden voyage: Bremen-Southampton-New York, June 2, 1884. Modifications: Reduced to two masts in 1896. Services: Transferred to Mediterranean-New York service. Renamed: Lake Simcoe (1901). Fate: Scrapped in 1904. Sister ship: Eider.
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1885-06-03 SS Ems Passenger List
Cabin and Steerage Passenger List for the SS Ems of the North German Lloyd, Departing Wednesday, 3 June 1885 from Bremen to New York, Commanded by Captain Wilhelm Willigerod.
1895-09-07 SS Ems Passenger List
Steerage Passenger List for the SS Ems of the North German Lloyd, Departing Saturday, 7 September 1895 from Bremen to New York, Commanded by Captain W. Reimkasten.
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1889 - North German Lloyd - Short Route to London
Brochure prepared by the New York Agents of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen Steamship Line in 1889 - The year of the Paris Exhibition. As a convenient pocket-size guide, the brochure provided a lot of useful information about the Norddeutcher Lloyd, their fleet and accommodations for First and Second Cabin passengers. Featured Ships: Lahn, Eider, Trave, Aller, Ems, Fulda, Saale, Werra, and the Elbe.
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Cunard Line Handbook to the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and the Continnent of Europe (1905)
Prepared for the use of Passengers traveling by the Cunard Hungarian-American Line from New York to the Mediterranean and Adriatic. The book is illustrated with 17 tipped-in folding maps., numerous drawings, and many photographs of the Cunard passenger fleet.
Passenger Ships of the World - 1963
Passenger Ships of the World, 1963, represents an incredible resource covering passenger ships that are Trans-Atlantic, Trans-Pacific, Trans-Pacific via Panama Canal, Latin American, Africa and the Eastern Oceans, and California-Hawaii.
The American Line: 1871-1902 (2000)
The American Tine tells the story of the first successful American steamship line after the Civil War to rival the great European transatlantic companies—an essential and glorious chapter in the history of the American Merchant Marine.
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