SS Weser


built by Caird & Company Greenock,
Yard No 137
 
Propulsion: Speed 11 knots - Re-engined by Cairds in 1891 with compound engines -Speed increased to 13.5 knots
Launched: Sunday, 19/05/1867
Built: 1867
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 2870 grt
Length: 325 feet
Breadth: 40 feet
Owner History:
Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen
Status: Scrapped - 1896
Web site: http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/com-we.htm
Remarks: Maiden voyage Southampton
New York 1st June 1897. Picture from above website
the WESER is on the left with HOHENSTAUFEN on the right
Additional data by Bruce Biddulph