SS Schiller
German ocean liner launched in 1873 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Schiller was a 3,421-ton German ocean liner, one of the largest vessels of her time. Launched in 1873,[1] she plied her trade across the Atlantic Ocean, carrying passengers between New York City and Hamburg for the German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line. She became notorious on 7 May 1875, while operating on her normal route, when she hit the Retarrier Ledges in the Isles of Scilly, causing her to sink with the loss of most of her crew and passengers, totaling 335 fatalities.[2]
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History | |
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Name | Schiller |
Owner | German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line |
Route | New York-Hamburg |
Builder | Robert Napier and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland |
Launched | 26 August 1873 |
Completed | August 1873 |
Maiden voyage | 5 February 1874 |
Fate | Wrecked 7–8 May 1875 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 3,421 gross register |
Length | 380 feet (120 m) |
Beam | 40 feet (12 m) |
Installed power | 550 nhp compound engine |
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