Passenger List Inventory of the Hamburg American Line
Inventory of the Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG) passenger lists available at the GG Archives coverning 1881 to 1939, Bulk 1926 to 1939. Digitized passenger lists are in bold text with links available on the right margin. (All have been digitized)
| Steamship | Departure Date | Route | Commander |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lessing | 1881-08-24 | Hamburg to New York | Captain Voss |
| Silesia | 1883-11-04 | Hamburg to New York | Captain Barends |
| Auguste Victoria | 1897-08-26 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton | Captain C. Kaempff |
| Fürst Bismarck | 1900-08-09 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain H. Barends |
| Patricia | 1900-10-07 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth | Captain H. Leithäuser |
| Pretoria | 1901-07-28 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth | Captain Karlowa |
| Fürst Bismarck | 1902-01-26 | Naples to New York via Gibraltar | Captain H. Barends |
| Pennsylvania | 1902-04-22 | New York to Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg | Captain H. Spliedt |
| Pennsylvania | 1902-06-21 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth | Captain H. Spliedt |
| Pretoria | 1903-08-22 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth | Captain G. Schrötter |
| Fürst Bismarck | 1903-08-27 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain H. Leithäuser |
| Graf Waldersee | 1905-07-29 | Hamburg to New York via Dover and Boulogne-sur-Mer | Captain A. Krech |
| Hamburg | 1905-09-14 | Hamburg to New York via Dover and Boulogne-sur-Mer | Captain E. Burmeister |
| Pennsylvania | 1905-11-11 | Hamburg to New York via Dover and Boulogne-sur-Mer | Captain H. Knuth |
| Pennsylvania | 1906-08-04 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth | Captain H. Knuth |
| Moltke | 1906-08-21 | Genoa to New York via Naples | Captain Reessing |
| Meteor | 1907-05-04 | Genoa to Hamburg via Villefrance, Ajaccio, Algiers, Gibraltar, Tangier, Lisbon, and Dover | Captain Schwamberger |
| Batavia | 1907-06-01 | New York to Hamburg | Captain G. Bachman |
| Amerika | 1907-08-08 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain H. Knuth |
| Amerika | 1908-11-12 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain H. Knuth |
| König Wilhelm II | 1909-09-19 | Hamburg to La Plata via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Southampton, Vigo, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro | Captain P. Wiehr |
| Deutschland | 1909-10-07 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain C. Kaempff |
| Cincinnati | 1910-06-30 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Schülke |
| President Lincoln | 1910-07-24 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Hahn |
| Cincinnati | 1910-09-08 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Schülke |
| Graf Waldersee | 1911-05-24 | Philadelphia to Hamburg | Captain P. Froehlich |
| Praticia | 1912-09-28 | Hamburg to New York | Captain A. Rörden |
| President Lincoln | 1912-11-01 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Witt |
| Pretoria | 1913-10-25 | Hamburg to New York | Captain Dugge |
| Red Cross | 1914-09-13 | New York to Falmouth | Captain Armistead Rust, U.S.N. (Retired) |
| Albert Ballin | 1926-01-26 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Wiehr |
| Westphalia | 1926-08-18 | Hamburg to New York via Cobh (Queenstown) and Boston | Captain Niss |
| Albert Ballin | 1926-08-27 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Wiehr |
| Cleveland | 1926-12-10 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Lück |
| Albert Ballin | 1927-07-06 | New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton | Captain Paul Wiehr |
| Reliance | 1927-07-30 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain W. Müller |
| Deutschland | 1927-08-12 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Langer |
| Reliance | 1927-08-16 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Kruse |
| Thuringia | 1927-09-14 | Hamburg to New York via Cobh (Queenstown) and Boston | Captain Buch |
| Deutschland | 1927-09-23 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Langer |
| Deutschland | 1928-10-12 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Langer |
| New York | 1929-01-16 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Graalfs |
| Hamburg | 1929-03-15 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Schwamberger |
| New York | 1929-04-05 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Graalfs |
| Hamburg | 1929-04-19 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton | Captain Schwamberger |
| Cleveland | 1929-10-17 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Cobh (Queenstown) and Boston | Captain Niss |
| Cleveland | 1930-06-07 | New York to Hamburg via Boston, Galway and Cherbourg | Captain W. Hennecke |
| Deutschland | 1930-08-22 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Buch |
| Hamburg | 1930-08-29 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Koch |
| New York | 1931-05-21 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Graalfs |
| New York | 1931-10-08 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Graalfs |
| Resolute | 1932-07-16 | Hamburg to Scotland, Iceland, Spitsbergen and Norway | Captain F. Fruse |
| Milwaukee | 1932-09-18 | Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Southampton and Cobh (Queenstown) | Captain Molchin |
| New York | 1933-07-27 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Commodore Kruse |
| New York | 1933-08-24 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Commodore Kruse |
| Albert Ballin | 1933-12-20 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Fuhr |
| New York | 1934-08-09 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh (Queenstown) | Commodore Kruse |
| Hamburg | 1934-08-30 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh (Queenstown) | Captain Koch |
| New York | 1934-09-06 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Commodore Kruse |
| Hamburg | 1935-07-11 | New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Cherbourg, and Southampton | Captain Theodor Koch |
| Deutschland | 1935-08-15 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh (Queenstown) | Captain Dau |
| Hamburg | 1935-08-21 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Koch |
| New York | 1936-05-28 | New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton | Captain J. Wagner |
| Hamburg | 1936-06-04 | New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton | Captain Theodor Koch |
| Hamburg | 1936-07-02 | New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton | Captain Theodor Koch |
| Deutschland | 1936-08-27 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Friedel |
| Hamburg | 1937-09-02 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Koch |
| Stuttgart | 1937-09-14 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Kinkel |
| Hamburg | 1938-08-04 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg | Captain Koch |
| New York | 1938-11-03 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh | Captain B. Majewski |
| Hamburg | 1939-04-20 | Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh | Captain P. Hille |
| New York | 1939-06-08 | New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Cherbourg, and Southampton | Captain B. Majewski |
⚠️ About Accuracy in Historical Records Research Tip
Context. The GG Archives presents passenger lists as faithfully as possible to the original documents. While OCR is generally accurate, portions of these collections—especially image captions and some transcriptions—are typed by hand and may include typographical or spelling variations. The original manifests themselves also contained clerical inconsistencies (names recorded phonetically, mid-voyage corrections, etc.).
What this means for your research:
- Search variant spellings of names (e.g., “Schmidt/Schmitt/Smith,” “Giuseppe/Joseph”).
- Cross-reference with immigration cards, passport applications, naturalization files, city directories, and newspapers.
- Treat manifests as primary sources with historical quirks—use them alongside corroborating records.
- For place names, consider historical borders and language variants (e.g., Danzig/Gdańsk, Trieste/Trst).
How to cite. When quoting a name from a manifest, consider adding [sic] for obvious misspellings and include a note such as “spelling as printed in original passenger list.”
Need help? If you spot a likely transcription error in captions, feel free to contact us with the page URL and a brief note—we love community input. 🙏
Curator’s Note
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