SS Mainz Archival Collection

Mainz (1897) North German Lloyd

Built by J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde. Launched: 15 May 1897. Maiden Voyage: August 1897 to Santos, Brazil. Note: Made Artic Cruise with Count Zeppelin and Prince Heinrich, Brother of the Kaiser, to test the feasibility of trans-polar Zeppelin flights. Ownership Change: Sold to Cie. Nationale Belge de Transport Maritimes, 29 April 1912. Renamed: Lydie. Fate: Scrapped in 1928 (Rotterdam).

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

Sailing Schedule, Bremen to Various Ports, from 18 October 1906 to 14 February 1907. Ships Included the Breslau, Coblenz, Frankfurt, Hannover, Köln, Mainz, and Wittekind. SS Bremen Passenger List, 27 October 1906. GGA Image ID # 213fabc415