From Steam Packet To Steam Palace
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This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
From Steam Packet To Steam Palace
(1) Wood Paddle-boats.
(2) Iron
(3) Iron Screw Steamers.
(4) Steel "
(5) Steel Twin-Screw Steamers.
Date | Name of Steamer. | Owners. | Remarks. |
1833 | Royal William. . .(1) | Quebec & HalifaxS.N.Co. | From Pictou (N.S.), 1st to cross the Atlantic. |
1838 | British and Amer.S.N.Co. . | From Cork, 1st departure from U. K. | |
" | Great Western | Great Western S.N.Co. . . . | " Bristol, 1st built for Atlantic. |
" | Royal William (2). .. | Transatlantic SS.Co...... | Liverpool, 1st departure. |
1840 | Britannia | Cunard Line....... | " Liverpool, 1st carried British mails. |
1849 | Atlantic | Collins " ............ | " New York, 1st carried U.S. mails. |
1854 | Canadian | Allan " ............ | " Glasgow, 1st steamer of Line. |
1856 | Tempest | Anchor ............ | .. .. 1st |
" | Borussia | Hamburg-American Line . | " Hamburg, 1st |
" | Adriatic........... | Collins Line............. | Last Sailing of Line. |
1858 | Bremen............ | Norddeutscher Lloyd..... | From Bremen to New York. |
1856 | Persia..........(2) | Cunard......................... | 1st Cunard iron paddle steamer. |
1862 | Scotia | " | Last . " " |
1845 | Great Britain. . . . (3) | Great Western S.N.Co. . . . | 1st Atlantic iron screw steamer. |
1850 | City of Glasgow | Inman Line............. | 1st to carry steerage passengers. |
1858 | Great Eastern. . ... | East.and Australian SS.Co. | Paddle wheels and propeller. |
1868 | Italy.............. | National Line........... | 1st Atlantic ss. with comp. engines. |
1869 | City of Brussels. ... | Inman ............... | 1st " steam steering gear. |
1871 | Oceanic (1st)....... | White Star Line......... | 1st with'midship saloon, etc. |
1873 | American........... | 1st sailing of Line to Liverpool. | |
1874 | Britannic.......... | White Star " ....... | 1st to exceed 5,000 tons, Great Eastern |
1875 | City of Berlin | Inman ".......... | 1st with electric light. [excepted. |
1879 | Guion. . " ........ | Watertight compartments floated her. | |
1882 | Alaska | " " ........................ | 1st "ocean greyhound." |
1883 | Oregon............ | " "(1)...... | Sunk outside New York; every one saved by N. D. Lloyd ss. Fulda. |
Cunard " (2)...... | |||
1879 | Buenos Ayrean. . (4) | 1st Atlantic steel steamer.* | |
1881 | Servia | Cunard " ....... | 1st Cunard |
" | City of Rome | Inman (1) Line...... | Fitted with three funnels. |
Anchor(2) " .... | |||
1884 | America | National | 1st and last express ss. of Line. |
" | Umbria | Cunard " ........ | |
Etruria | |||
1886 | Aller.............. | Norddeutscher Lloyd..... | 1st triple-expansion express ss.+ |
1888 | City of NewYork(5) | Inman &International(l) | 1st twin-screw ocean expresses. ++ |
City of Paris...... | American Line (2) | 1st to exceed 10,000 tons.G.E.excepted | |
1889 | Teutonic | White Star Line | Designed as mercantile cruisers. |
Majestic......... | |||
1890 | Furst Bismarck | Hamburg-American Line . | 1st under 6 1/2 days from Southampton. |
1892 | La Touraine | Compagnie Generale Trans. | Record Havre to New York, 6 3/4 days. |
Date | Name of Steamer. | Owners. | Remarks. |
1893 | Campania ......... | Cunard Line ................. | Lucania: highest day's run 562 knots. |
Lucania......... | Liverpool to New York records. | ||
1895 | St. Paul......... | American .................. | Largest express steamers ever built in America. |
St. Louis....... | |||
1897 | KaiserWilhelm d. Gr | Norddeutscher Lloyd..... | Record day's run, 580 knots. [tons. |
1899 | Oceanic ................... | White Star Line......... | Balanced engines. 1st to exceed 15,000 |
1900 | Deutschland........ | Hamburg-American Line. | Fastest ocean steamer in the world. |
1901 | Celtic ................ | White Star Line........ | 1st to exceed 20,000 tons. |
1902 | Kronprinz Wilhelm | Norddeutscher Lloyd ............. | |
1903 | Kaiser Wilhelm II.. . | Norddeutscher Lloyd..... | Largest express steamer in the world. |
1904 | Baltic............. | White Star Line .............. | Largest ss. in the world - 726x76x49. |
* Union Co. of N.Z.'s Rotomohana, 1,763 tons, was first ocean steel ss. 1879.
+ Martello, 2,432 tons, of Wilson Line, was first Atlantic cargo triple-expansion ss. 1884.
++ Notting Hill, 3,921 tons, of Twin-screw Cargo Line, came out so engined, 1881.
Reduction Of Passage. | ||
Days. | Tons. | |
1862. | 3,871 | |
1869 | " 8 " " CityofBruss', | 3,081 |
1882. | " 7 " " Alaska | 6,400 |
1889. | " 6 " " City of Paris | 10,669 |
1894. | " 5 1/3 " " Lucania | 12,950 |
1897. | " 6 " S'ton. Kaiser Wilhelm der Gr | 14,349 |
1903. | " 5 1/2 " Cherb'g Deutschland | 16,502 |
Progress In | Length. | ||
Feet | Tons. | ||
1838, | 1st to exceed 200 | Great Western | 1,340 |
1845 | 300 | Great Britain | 2,084 |
1858 | 680 | Great Eastern | 18,918 |
1871 | 400 | Oceanic (1). . | 3,807 |
1881 | 500 | Servia .......... | 7,392 |
1893 | 600 | Campania. . . | 12,952 |
1899 | 700 | Oceanic (2). . | 17,247 |
1904 | 725 | Baltic....... | 23,000 |
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