Der Dampfer Rhein I wurde in der Werft Caird & Co, Greenock, Schottland, für den Norddeutschen Lloyd gebaut und lief im August 1868 vom Stapel.
2902 BRT
Länge 106,1 m
Breite 12,22 m
1 Dampfkessel
2 Masten
Clipperförmiger Rumpf aus Eisen
Dienstgeschwindigkeit 12 Knoten
Passagiere: 1. Klasse - 70; 2. Klasse 100; Zwischendeckklasse 604
Mannschaft 100 (oder mehr)
Jungfernfahrt 3. Oktober 1868 Bremen-Southhampton-New York
1878 neue Kessel --> Dienstgeschwindigkeit 13 Knoten
Letzte Reise 18. September 1890 Bremen - Baltimore
1891 verkauft an Gray, Liverpool
1892 weiterverkauft an A. Rimmer, Liverpool), Schiffsregister nennt Caird`s als Eigner
1893 weiterverkauft an Jaeger Brothers, Liverpool
Juni 1894 abgewrackt in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, GB
Quelle: http://www.immigrantships.net/v3/1800v3/rhein18811202_4.html#SS%20Rhein
The steamship RHEIN was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland, for Norddeutscher Lloyd and launched in August 1868. She had been laid down as the ODER, but was delivered as the RHEIN, to replace the vessel originally laid down as the RHEIN, but sold on the stocks to the Royal Mail Steamship Co, and launched in February 1868 as the NEVA. 2902 tons; 106,1 x 12,22 meters (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 70 1st-, 100 2nd-, and 604 steerage-class passengers; crew of 100+. 3 October 1868, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1878, engines compounded and new boilers by builders; service speed 13 knots. 18 September 1890, last voyage, Bremen-Baltimore. 1891, sold to Gray, Liverpool. 1892, resold to A. Rimner, Liverpool (register shows Caird's as owner); 1893, sold to Jaeger Brothers, Liverpool. June 1894, broken up in Barrow-in-Furness [Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p.. 48; Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 546]. Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 8 January 1998]