Hamburg America Line Passenger Lists 1881-1939
Hamburg America Line Aka: Hamburg Amerika Linie, Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG). Hamburg American Line was one of the major steamship companies to handle the immigrant trade. Their primary route was Hamburg to New York via Southampton.
The Hamburg American Line was a World-Wide passenger and freight steamship company. It's North America service ports, and connections included New York, Southampton, Cherbourg, Plymouth (England), Boulogne, Boston, Palermo, Naples, Gibraltar, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Montreal, Halifax, Copenhagen, Galveston, San Francisco, Puget Sound, and Scandinavia.
All Hamburg American Line Passenger Lists available at the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives have been transcribed and uploaded.
Note: The HAPAG steamship line used the Hamburg-American Line for all their English Language ephemera. A verbatim translation of Hamburg Amerika Linie would be Hamburg-America Line. We use them interchangeably as family historians use both versions.
![Passenger Manifest of the Steamer Lessing of the Hamburg Amerika Linie, 1881](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Lessing/1881-08-24/01-CabinPasengers-250.jpg)
1881-08-24 SS Lessing Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin and Steerage
- Date of Departure: 24 August 1881
- Route: Hamburg to New York
- Commander: Captain Voss
![1883-11-04 Passenger Manifest of SS Silesia](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Silesia/1883-11-04/Cabin-Steerage/01-CabinPassengers-250.jpg)
1883-11-04 SS Silesia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin and Steerage
- Date of Departure: 4 November 1883
- Route: Hamburg to New York
- Commander: Captain Heinrich H. Barends
![GGA Image ID # 1d86689e93 Front Cover of a Saloon Passenger List from the SS Westphalia of the Hamburg-American Line, Departing 31 May 1885 from Hamburg to Prague, Commanded by Captain H. H. Barends.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/HAPAG/Westphalia/1885-05-31/Saloon/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1885-05-31 SS Westphalia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Saloon
- Date of Departure: 31 May 1885
- Route: Hamburg to Prague
- Commander: Captain H. H. Barends
![Passenger Manifest, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Auguste Victoria, 1897](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/AugusteVictoria/1897-08-26/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1897-08-26 SS Auguste Victoria Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 26 August 1897
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton
- Commander: Captain Carl Kaempff
![Passenger Manifest, Hamburg-Amerika Linie SS Fürst Bismarck, 1900, Hamburg, Germany to New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/FurstBismarck/1900-08-09/Cabin/01-TitlePage-250.jpg)
1900-08-09 SS Fürst Bismarck Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 9 August 1900
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Heinrich H. Barends
![Passenger Manifest, North German Lloyd SS Patricia, Oct 1900](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Patricia/1900-10-07/Cabin/01-Passengers-250.jpg)
1900-10-07 SS Patricia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 7 October 1900
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth
- Commander: Captain H. Leithäuser
![Passenger Manifest, Hamburg-Amerika Linie SS Pretoria, 1901, Hamburg to New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Pretoria/1901-07-28/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1901-07-28 SS Pretoria Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 28 July 1901
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Plymouth and Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain Karlowa
![Front Cover, Passenger Manifest S. S. Fürst Bismarck, Hamburg America Line 1902](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/FurstBismarck/1902-01-26/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1902-01-26 SS Fürst Bismarck Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 26 January 1902
- Route: Naples to New York via Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain Heinrich H. Barends
![1902-04-22 SS Pennsylvania](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Pennsylvania/1902-04-22/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1902-04-22 SS Pennsylvania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 22 April 1902
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain H. Spltedt
![1902-06-21 Passenger Manifest of SS Pennsylvania](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Pennsylvania/1902-06-21/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1902-06-21 SS Pennsylvania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First & Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 21 June 1902
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth
- Commander: Captain H. Spliedt
![Front Cover, Passenger Manifest, SS Pretoria, Hamburg America Line 1903](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Pretoria/1903-08-22/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1903-08-22 SS Pretoria Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 22 August 1903
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Plymouth and Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain G. Schrötter
![Passenger Manifest, Hamburg-Amerika Linie SS Fürst Bismarck, 1903, Hamburg to New York](../../../Images600/OT/PL/HAPAG/FurstBismark/1903-08-27/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1903-08-27 SS Fürst Bismarck Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 27 August 1903
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton
- Commander: Captain H. Leithäuser
![Front Cover Passenger Manifest - Graf Waldersee Hamburg America Line 1905](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/GrafWaldersee/1905-07-29/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1905-07-29 SS Graf Waldersee Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 29 July 1905
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Dover and Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain A. Krech
![Passenger Manifest, SS Hamburg, Hamburg America Line, September 1905](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1905-09-14/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1905-09-14 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 14 September 1905
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Dover and Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain E. Burmeister
![Passenger Manifest, SS Pennsylvania, Hamburg America Line, November 1905](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Pennsylvania/1905-11-11/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1905-11-11 SS Pennsylvania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 11 November 1905
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth
- Commander: Captain H. Knuth
![Passenger Manifest, SS Pennsylvania, Hamburg America Line, August 1906](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Pennsylvania/1906-08-04/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1906-08-04 SS Pennsylvania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 4 August 1906
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth
- Commander: Captain H. Knuth
![Front Cover - 1906-08-21 Passenger Manifest of SS Moltke](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Moltke/1906-08-21/FirstClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1906-08-21 SS Moltke Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 21 August 1906
- Route: Genoa to New York via Naples
- Commander: Captain Reessing
![1907-05-04 Cruise SS Meteor](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Meteor/1907-05-04/Cruise/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1907-05-04 SS Meteor Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cruise
- Date of Departure: 4 May 1907
- Route: Genoa to Hamburg via Villafranca, Ajaccio, Algiers, Gibraltar, Tangier, Lisbon, and Dover
- Commander: Captain Schwamberger
![1907-06-01 SS Batavia](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Batavia/1907-06-01/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1907-06-01 SS Batavia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 1 June 1907
- Route: New York to Hamburg
- Commander: Captain G. Bachman
![Passenger Manifest, SS Amerika, Hamburg America Line, August 1907](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Amerika/1907-08-08/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1907-08-08 SS Amerika Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 8 August 1907
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain H. Knuth
![Passenger Manifest, SS Amerika, Hamburg America Line, November 1908, Hamburg to New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Amerika/1908-11-12/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1908-11-12 SS Amerika Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 12 November 1908
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain H. Knuth
![Passenger Manifest, SS König Wilhelm II, Hamburg America Line, September 1909, Boulogne to Rio de Janeiro](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Amerika/1908-11-12/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1909-09-20 SS Koning Wilhelm II Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 20 September 1909
- Route: Hamburg to La Plata via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Southampton, Vigo, Lisbon, and Rio de Janeiro
- Commander: Captain P. Wiehr
![Passenger Manifest, Hamburg-Amerika Linie SS Deutschland, 1909](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Deutschland/1909-10-07/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1909-10-07 SS Deutschland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 7 October 1909
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Carl Kaempff
![Passenger Manifest, SS Cincinnati, Hamburg America Line, June 1910](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Cincinnati/1910-06-30/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1910-06-30 SS Cincinnati Passenger List
- Steamship Line:
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 30 June 1910
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Schülke
![Passenger Manifest, SS President Lincoln, Hamburg America Line, July 1910](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/PresidentLincoln/1910-07-24/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1910-07-24 SS President Lincoln Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 24 July 1910
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain Hahn
![Passenger Manifest, SS Cincinnati, Hamburg America Line, September 1910](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Cincinnati/1910-09-08/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1910-09-08 SS Cincinnati Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 8 September 1910
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Schülke
![1911-05-24 SS Graf Waldersee](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/GrafWaldersee/1911-05-24/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1911-05-24 SS Graf Waldersee Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 24 May 1911
- Route: Philadelphia To Hamburg
- Commander: Captain P. Froehlich
![GGA Image ID # 15aa263b83 Front Cover of a First and Second Class Passenger List from the SS Cincinnati of the Hamburg American Line, Departing Saturday, 3 August 1912 from Hamburg for New York via Southampton and Cherbourg.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Cincinnati/1912-08-03/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1912-08-03 SS Cincinnati Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Class
- Date of Departure: 3 August 1912
- Route: Hamburg for New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Schülke
![Front Cover, Passenger Manifest, SS Patricia, Hamburg America Line, September 1912](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Patricia/1912-09-28/SecondCabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1912-09-28 SS Patricia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 28 September 1912
- Route: Hamburg to New York (Direct)
- Commander: Captain A. Borden
![Front Cover, SS President Lincoln Passenger Manifest, November 1912](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/PresidentLincoln/1912-11-01/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1912-11-01 SS President Lincoln Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 1 November 1912
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain Witt
![GGA Image ID # 205cdf73bb Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger List from the SS Patricia of the Hamburg American Line, Departing 14 May 1913 from New York to Hamburg.](../../../Images600/OT/PL/HAPAG/Patricia/1913-05-14/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1913-05-14 SS Patricia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 14 May 1913
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain A. Rörden
![1913-10-25 SS Pretoria](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Pretoria/1913-10-25/SecondCabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1913-10-25 SS Pretoria Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 25 October 1913
- Route: Hamburg to New York
- Commander: Captan Dugge
![GGA Image ID # 205faee850 Front Cover of a First and Second Cabin Passenger List from the SS Imperator of the Hamburg American Line, Departing 11 March 1914 from Hamburg to New York](../../../Images600/OT/PL/HAPAG/Imperator/1914-03-11/1C-2C/00-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1914-03-11 SS Imperator Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 11 March 1914
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Commodore Th. Kier
- Note: 110 Officers and Staff Listed
![1914-09-13 SS Red Cross](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/RedCross/1914-09-13/MedicalPersonnel/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1914-09-13 SS Red Cross Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Doctors, Nurses and Officers
- Date of Departure: 13 September 1914
- Route: New York to Falmouth, England
- Commander: Captain Armistead Rust, U.S.N. (Retired)
![Passenger Manifest, Albert Ballin, Hamburg America Line, January 1926](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/AlbertBallin/1926-01-28/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1926-01-28 SS Albert Ballin Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 28 January 1926
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Wiehr
![Front Cover, SS Deutschland Passenger List 30 July 1926](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Deutschland/1926-07-30/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1926-07-30 SS Deutschland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 30 July 1926
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Schwamberger
![Passenger Manifest, SS Westphalia, Hamburg America Line, August 1926](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Westphalia/1926-08-18/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1926-08-18 SS Westphalia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 18 August 1926
- Route: Hamburg to Boston and New York via Cobh (Queenstown)
- Commander: Captain Niss
![Passenger Manifest, SS Albert Ballin, Hamburg America Line, August 1926](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/AlbertBallin/1926-08-27/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1926-08-27 SS Albert Ballin Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 27 August 1926
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Wiehr
![Passenger Manifest, Hamburg Amerika Linie, Cleveland, 10 December 1926](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Cleveland/1926-12-10/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1926-12-10 SS Cleveland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 10 December 1926
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Luck
![1927-07-06 SS Albert Ballin](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/AlbertBallin/1927-07-06/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1927-07-06 SS Albert Ballin Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 6 July 1927
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Paul Wiehr
![1927-07-30 SS Reliance](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Reliance/1927-07-30/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1927-07-30 SS Reliance Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 30 July 1927
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain W. Möller
![1927-08-12 SS Deutschland](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Deutschland/1927-08-12/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1927-08-12 SS Deutschland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 12 August 1927
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Langer
![1927-08-16 SS Resolute](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Resolute/1927-08-16/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1927-08-16 SS Resolute Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 16 August 1927
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain F. Kruse
![Passenger Manifest, Hamburg Amerika Linie, SS Thuringia, September 1927](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Thuringia/1927-09-14/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1927-09-14 SS Thuringia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 14 September 1927
- Route: Hamburg to New York
- Commander: Captain Buch
![1927-09-23 Passenger Manifest of SS Deutschland](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Deutschland/1927-09-23/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1927-09-23 SS Deutschland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 23 September 1927
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Langer
![1928-10-12 Passenger Manifest of SS Deutschland](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Deutschland/1928-10-12/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1928-10-12 SS Deutschland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 12 October 1928
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Langer
![Front Cover - Passenger Manifest, SS New York, Hamburg America Line, January 1929](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1929-01-16/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1929-01-16 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 16 January 1929
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Graalfs
![Passenger Manifest - Hamburg Amerika Linie - Hamburg 1929-03-15](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1929-03-15/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
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- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 15 March 1929
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Schwamberger
![Passenger Manifest - Hamburg Amerika Linie - New York 1929-04-05](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1929-04-05/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1929-04-05 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 5 April 1929
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Graalfs
![Passenger Manifest - Hamburg Amerika Linie - Hamburg 1929](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1929-04-19/Tourist-ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1929-04-19 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 19 April 1929
- Route: Hamburg to New York
- Commander: Captain Schwamberger
![Passenger Manifest - Hamburg Amerika Linie - Cleveland 1929-10-17](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Cleveland/1929-10-17/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1929-10-17 SS Cleveland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 17 October 1929
- Route: Hamburg to Boston and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Cobh (Queenstown)
- Commander: Captain Niss
![1930-06-07 SS Cleveland](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Cleveland/1930-06-07/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1930-06-07 SS Cleveland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 7 June 1930
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Boston, Galway, and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain W. Hennecke
![GGA Image ID # 177458ce20 Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List for the SS Deutschland of the Hamburg-American Line, Departing 22 August 1930 from Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Deutschland/1930-08-22/Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1930-08-22 SS Deutschland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 22 August 1930
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Buch
![Passenger Manifest - Hamburg Amerika Linie - Hamburg 1930-08-29](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1930-08-29/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1930-08-29 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
- Date of Departure: 29 August 1930
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Theodor Koch
![1931-05-21 Passenger Manifest of SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1931-05-21/ThirdClass/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-05-21 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 21 May 1931
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Graalfs
![1931-10-08 Passenger Manifest of SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1931-10-08/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1931-10-08 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 8 October 1931
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Graalfs
![1932-07-16 Cruise SS Resolute](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Resolute/1932-07-16/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1932-07-16 SS Resolute Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 16 July 1932
- Route: Hamburg to Scotland, Iceland, Spitzbergen, and Norway
- Commander: Captain F. Kruse
![1932-09-18 Passenger Manifest of SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Milwaukee/1932-09-18/Cabin/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1932-09-18 SS Milwaukee Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 18 September 1932
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Southampton, and Cobh (Queenstown)
- Commander: Captain H. Molchin
![1933-07-27 Passenger Manifest of SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1933-07-27/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1933-07-27 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First, Tourist and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 27 July 1933
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Commodore Kruse
![1933-08-24 Passenger Manifest of SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1933-08-24/Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1933-08-24 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Tourist
- Date of Departure: 24 August 1933
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Commodore Kruse
![1931-05-21 Passenger Manifest of SS Albert Ballin](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/AlbertBallin/1933-12-20/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1933-12-20 SS Albert Ballin Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 20 December 1933
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Fuhr
![](../../../Images600/OT/PL/HAPAG/Hamburg/1934-08-02/1C-TC/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1934-08-02 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Tourist Class
- Date of Departure: 2 August 1934
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne Sur Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Theodor Koch
![1934-08-09 SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1934-08-09/FirstClass-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1934-08-09 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First and Tourist
- Date of Departure: 9 August 1934
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh (Queenstown)
- Commander: Commodore Kruse
![Passenger Manifest - Hamburg Amerika Linie - Hamburg 1930-08-29](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1934-08-30/FirstClass-Touirst/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1934-08-30 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First Class and Tourist
- Date of Departure: 30 August 1934
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh (Queenstown)
- Commander: Captain Theodor Koch
![1934-09-06 SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1934-09-06/FirstClass-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1934-09-06 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First Class and Tourist
- Date of Departure: 6 September 1934
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Commodore Kruse
![1935-07-11 SS Hamburg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1935-07-11/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1935-07-11 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 11 July 1935
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Cherbourg, and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Theodor Koch
![1935-08-15 Passenger Manifest of SS Deutschland](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Deutschland/1935-08-15/FIrstClass-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1935-08-15 SS Deutschland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First Class and Tourist
- Date of Departure: 15 August 1935
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh (Queenstown)
- Commander: Captain Dau
![1935-08-21 SS Hamburg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1935-08-21/FirstClass-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1935-08-21 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: First Class and Tourist
- Date of Departure: 21 August 1935
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Theodor Koch
![1936-05-28 SS Hamburg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1936-05-28/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1936-05-28 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure:
- Route: 28 May 1936
- Commander: Captain J. Wagner
![1936-06-04 SS Hamburg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1936-06-04/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1936-06-04 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 4 June 1936
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Theodor Koch
![1936-07-02 SS Hamburg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1936-07-02/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1936-07-02 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 2 July 1936
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Theodore Koch
![1936-08-27 SS Deutschland](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Deutschland/1936-08-27/CNS/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1936-08-27 SS Deutschland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Class Not Stated
- Date of Departure: 27 August 1936
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Friedel
![1937-09-02 SS Hamburg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1937-09-02/CNS/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1937-09-02 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Class not Stated
- Date of Departure: 2 September 1937
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Koch
![1937-09-14 SS Hamburg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Stuttgart/1937-09-14/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1937-09-14 SS Stuttgart Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 14 September 1937
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain A. Kinkel
![1938-08-04 SS Hamburg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1938-08-04/Cabin-Tourist/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1938-08-04 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class
- Date of Departure: 4 August 1938
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain Th. Koch
![1938-11-03 SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1938-11-03/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1938-11-03 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 3 November 1938
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh
- Commander: Captain B. Majewski
![1939-04-20 Passenger Manifest of SS Hamburg](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/Hamburg/1939-04-20/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1939-04-20 SS Hamburg Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 20 April 1939
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton, Cherbourg, and Cobh
- Commander: Captain P. Hille
![GGA Image ID # 12c7c90b6c Front Cover, Hamburg American Line SS New York Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class Passenger List - 11 May 1939.](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1939-05-11/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1939-05-11 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 11 May 1939
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Cherbourg and Southampton
- Commander: Captain B. Majewski
![1939-06-08 SS New York](../../../Images600/PassengerLists/HamburgAmericanLine/NewYork/1939-06-08/AllClasses/01-FrontCover-250.jpg)
1939-06-08 SS New York Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist, and Third Class
- Date of Departure: 8 June 1939
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Cobh, Cherbourg, and Southampton
- Commander: Captain B. Majewski
The Hamburg America Line History
The Hamburg America Line is Germany's oldest and largest steamship company. It was founded on May 27, 1847, by Hamburg merchants as the Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company and rose in the course of a few decades from an obscure firm owning a few sailing ships to the position of the world's largest steamship company whose ships sailed to every corner of the globe.
After the World War which resulted in the loss of practically all of its tonnage, untiring and persevering efforts soon enabled the Hamburg America Line again to occupy one of the leading positions in the shipping world with a modern fleet of 101 ocean-going steamers and 142 smaller vessels aggregating in all 738,971 Gross Register Tons.
The first service operated by the Company which today maintains regular services to all parts of the world was between Hamburg and New York.
After the foundation of the Company, the service was inaugurated by three sailing ships, soon to be followed by the first steamers flying the Hapag flag.
They started a rapid development of this critical service by still larger and faster ships until, at the outbreak of the War, three giant liners plying between Hamburg and New York were the largest and most luxurious afloat.
Today the New York Service is maintained by the four twin-screw express steamers of the "Hamburg" type, of 22,000 Gross Register Tons.
Propelled by engines of about 28,000 HP., these ships attain an average speed of 19 miles per hour enabling them to make the crossing from Hamburg to New York in eight days.
Every Thursday, in summer and winter, one of the "Famous Four" sails from Hamburg via Southampton and Cherbourg to New York while another one returns from New York via Cherbourg and Southampton to Hamburg.
Each of these ships can accommodate about 1,000 passengers in Cabin, Tourist and Third Class. Besides the four ships of the "Hamburg" type, the twin-screw MV "St. Louis" of 16,732 Gross Register Tons is also engaged in the New York Service during the summer months.
Also, a Twin-Screw-Electric-Liner for the North Atlantic-Service of the company is in construction with a tonnage of about 36,000 tons to be placed into commission at the beginning of 1941.
Apart from this service, the Hamburg America Line maintains regular sailings to all parts of the world. More than 120 ports in every corner of the globe are regularly called at by the steamers of the Hamburg America Line.
With excellent ships for the speedy transportation of passengers, cargo and mail, the Company maintains services to Canada, Cuba and Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, to the West Coast of North and South America, to the Dutch East Indies, to Australia, to China and Japan and other countries of the Far East.
Pleasure cruising has been another important branch of the Company's business ever since, in the early nineties, the "Augusta Victoria" of the Hamburg America Line sailed on the world's first pleasure cruise.
The Twin-screw-steamer "New York" is scheduled yearly on Short and Long West Indies Cruises visiting the most remarkable places of the Caribbean.
The "Milwaukee" of 16,754 Tons is exclusively engaged in cruising carrying its passengers to the Mediterranean and the Lands of the Midnight Sun, to the Atlantic Islands and to the West Indies.
The "Milwaukee," among other features, is equipped with up-to-date installations for medicinal baths, massages and similar treatments making her the world's first "floating Spa."