BREMEN - GERMANY: 1858

[imageright|BREMEN|{UP}BREMEN/120A.jpg]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.'''