Rheim (Steamer Ship)

Description of the Ship

The "Rhein" was built by Caird & Co, Greenock in 1868 for Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd]. Her details were - 2,901 gross tons, length 332ft x beam 40ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 70-1st, 100-2nd and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched in August 1868, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Bremen to Southampton and New York on 3/10/1868. In 1878 her engines were compounded by the builders and on 16/10/1889 she left Bremen on her last voyage to Baltimore and New York. On 18/9/1890 she commenced her last Bremen - Baltimore voyage and the following year was sold to a British company. She was scrapped in 1893.1893. [ North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2, p.546] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 2 November 1997]

SS Rhein - Norddeutscher Lloyd Line (North German Lloyd). Years of service 1868-1886. Built at Clyde Caird shipyard, headliner of class of ships known as 'Rhein series,' 3100 tons, 348 x 40 ft. 1funnel, 2 masts iron hull, 13 1/2 knots. Sistership to SS Main, SS Donau, SS Mosel ie, nearly identical. 1873-1874 season New-York to Southampton in 9d 10h. Sold in 1891 and scrapped in 1893. [Posted to The ShipsList by Paul Petersen - 27 November 1997]

The steamship RHEIN was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland, for Norddeutscher Lloyd and launched in August 1868. She had been laid down as the ODER, but was delivered as the RHEIN, to replace the vessel originally laid down as the RHEIN, but sold on the stocks to the Royal Mail Steamship Co, and launched in February 1868 as the NEVA. 2902 tons; 106,1 x 12,22 meters (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 70 1st-, 100 2nd-, and 604 steerage-class passengers; crew of 100+. 3 October 1868, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1878, engines compounded and new boilers by builders; service speed 13 knots. 18 September 1890, last voyage, Bremen-Baltimore. 1891, sold to Gray, Liverpool. 1892, resold to A. Rimner, Liverpool (register shows Caird's as owner); 1893, sold to Jaeger Brothers, Liverpool. June 1894, broken up in Barrow-in-Furness [Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p.. 48; Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 546]. Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 8 January 1998]

See Also

• One account says that Anna Rosina Volkert immigrated from Germany to the US, on May, 27 1871 abord a ship named the Rheim, landing to New York