SS Oldenburg Archival Collection

Oldenburg (1890) North German Lloyd

Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 5,006. Dimensions: 415' x 48'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 13 knots. Triple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Passengers: 49 first, 38 second, 1,900 third. Services: Interchangeable in New York, Baltimore and South American services from Germany. Last Voyage: Made her final voyage to New York in 1907. Ownership Change: Sold to Turkey in 1911. Renamed: Karadeniz. Sister ships: Darmstadt, Gera, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and Weimar.

Sailing Schedule, Bremen-Brazil and Bremen-La Plata, from 20 October 1906 to 12 March 1907. Ships Included the Aachen, Bonn, Borkum, Crefeld, Erlangen, Halle, Helgoland, Karlsruhe, Norderney, Oldenburg, Roland, Sigmaringen, Stuttgart, Tübingen, Weimar, Wittenberg, and Würzburg. SS Bremen Passenger List, 27 October 1906. GGA Image ID # 21403261e8

Sailing Schedule, Bremen-Brazil and Bremen-La Plata, from 30 March 1907 to 4 June 1907. Ships Included the Aachen, Bonn, Crefeld, Erlangen, Halle, Karlsruhe, Norderney, Oldenburg, Roland, Tübingen, and Wittenberg. SS Chemnitz Passenger List, 6 April 1907. GGA Image ID # 1f768fc82f

Advertisement: Norddeutscher Lloyd Australian Service, 1901. Present Australian Fleet: Grosser Kurfürst 13,182 Tons; Königin Luise 10,566 Tons; Bremen 10,526 Tons; Main 10,000 Tons; Prinz Regent Luitpold 6,288 Tons; Stuttgart 5,048 Tons; Oldenburg 5,006 Tons; Weimar 5,000 Tons; Stettin 2,200 Tons; Barbarossa 10,769 Tons; Friedrich der Grosse 10,531 Tons; Rhein 10,000 Tons; Neckar 10,000 Tons; Karlsruhe 5,057 Tons; Darmstadt 5,012 Tons; Gera 5,005 Tons; München 4,556 Tons; etc. Inset Image: Grosser Kurfürst 9,700 HP, 13,182 Registered Tonnage. GGA Image ID # 214507b392