SS Donau (1868)
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| History | |
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| Name: | SS Donau |
| Operator: | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| Route: | Bremen - Baltimore |
| Builder: | Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland |
| Yard number: | 147 |
| Launched: | October 17, 1868 |
| Christened: | SS Donau |
| Maiden voyage: | January 16, 1869 Bremen-Baltimore |
| Homeport: | Bremen |
| Fate: | Sold in 1889 & Struck by fire in 1895 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Vessel (1868-1889) Cargo Only (1889-1895) |
| Tonnage: | 2,869 gross tons |
| Length: | 332 feet |
| Propulsion: | Steam, Screw |
| Speed: | 13 Knots |
SS Donau was an Passenger and Cargo Vessel owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd. The ship was built by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland, in 1868 and served the Bremen-Baltimore line from January 16, 1869 until 1889 when she was sold. In 1895 she was destroyed by a fire in the North Atlantic while en route to Philadelphia. Everyone on board was rescued by the British steam ship Delaware.[1]
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