100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway  Solem, Swiggum & Austheim |
S/S Amerika |
100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway Solem, Swiggum & Austheim |
S/S Amerika |
The Amerika was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1872 as the Celtic for the White Star Line. She was a 3 867 gross ton ship, 3 754 under deck and 2 439 net. Her details were: 437,2 feet long, 40,9 feet beam and holds 23,4 feet deep. (133,25m x beam 12,46m) She was an iron construction with a single screw. She had 4 masts rigged as a Bark. 3 decks, 2 of iron and 7 bulkheads. Propulsion: compound engine with 4 inverted cylinders of 41 and 78 inches diameter each pair, stroke 60 inches, 600 horsepower. The engine was built by G. Forrester & Co. in Liverpool. She had a speed of 14 knots. Launched on 8th June 1872. Purchased by Thingvalla Line from White Star Line in 1893, and renamed "Amerika". She left Copenhagen on 27th May 1893 with 116 cabin and 769 steerage passengers, on her first voyage for Thingvalla sailing from Copenhagen for Christiania (Oslo), Christiansand and New York. The company had not reckoned on her heavy coal consumption, also, the number of passengers decreased sharply, and S/S Amerika only made eight round voyages in four years. On 7th September 1897 she started the last of the eight crossings on this service, and the following year she was scrapped at Brest.
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1051][Lloyd's register of shipping](Information submitted by Gilbert Provost and Ted Finch)
-Arrivals in New York 1893-
-Arrivals in New York 1897-
The abowe arrival dates in New York, are those listed in the "Morton Allan Directory". The "Amerika" is supposed to have made eight voyages to New York, but the "Morton Allan Directory" lists only four.
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