Suevia (ship)

The Suevia was the last ship built the Hammonia class and was built in 1874 for the Hamburg-American Packet ride Actien -Gesellschaft ( Hapag ) in Scotland. She was at the time the largest and fastest Hapag ship.

The Suevia offered 100 first-class passengers, 70 second and 600 third class ( steerage ) space. The two-masted vessel attained a speed of 13 knots and was mainly on the route Hamburg - used New York. In 1884 it received new boilers in the Reiherstieg shipyard. His last journey in the service of Hapag it came to on October 27, 1894; In 1896 it was sold to Schiaffino, Nyer & Siges in Algeria, and was named Quatre Amis. In 1898 he was stranded in the Scheldt near Antwerp, was towed to Marseilles and scrapped there.

Collision

On April 13, 1889, the Suevia collided in dense fog off Nantucket with the American Lotsenschoner Commodore Bateman, which sank then. Two people lost their lives. The Commodore Bateman had in 1888 entered into service.