BREMEN
Built at Greenock for Norddeutscher Lloyd,
Bremen was iron-hulled with a single funnel and could make a speed of 13.1 knots; she and her sistership
New York were the first German transatlantic liners. At this time steamships had scarcely more superstructure – funnel apart – than sailing vessels, mainly because they were still fully sparred with the consequent lack of clearance for construction on deck.
Length: 318ft (96.9m)
Beam: 40ft (12.2m)
Depth: 26ft (7.9m)
Displacement: 2674t
Rigging: three masts; barque rig
Machinery: single screw, inverted direct drive
Complement: not known
Cargo: passengers, light freight, mails
Routes: Hamburg/Bremen-New York
Fact File: Mails figured largely in the economics of these ships; the majority of passengers were emigrants, most of them poor and looking for low-cost transport.