SUEVIA
This information is taken from the external web site. Record shows that Johan Riedl
(*1821) Suiva traveled on a ship to America. More information about the ship Suevia,
which was later renamed the Quatro Amis.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Johann Riedel
Name: Johann Riedel
Arrival Date: 31 May 1877
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: Germany
Ethnicity/Race-/Nationality: German
Ship Name: Suevia
SUEVIA (1874)
QUATRE AMIS [1896]
Photograph of the SUEVIA. Source: Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 30.
The steamship SUEVIA was built for the Hamburg-America Line by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #180), and waslaunched on 1 June 1874. 3,609 tons; 109,8 x 12,5 meters length x breadth); straight stem, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, double-expansion engines, service speed 13 knots; accommodation for 100 passengers in 1st class, 70 in 2nd class, 600 in steerage; crew of 115.
21 October 1874, maiden voyage, Hamburg - Havre - New York. 1884, new boilers by Reiherstiegwerft. 13 April 1889, in dense fog off the Nantucket lightship, collided with the American pilot schooner COMMODORE BATEMAN, which sank with the loss of 2 lives. 11 April 1894-10 April 1895, 6 roundtrip voyages, Naples-New York. 27 October 1894, last voyage, Hamburg New York. 1896, sold to Schiaffino, Nyer & Siges, Algiers; renamed QUATRE AMIS. 1898, stranded in the River Scheldt; refloated and towed to Marseilles, where she was scrapped.
The "Suevia" was built by Caird & Co. Greenock, Scotland in 1874 for Hamburg America Line. She was a 3609 gross ton vessel, length 360.3ft x beam 41ft, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 100-1st, 70-2nd and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched on 1/6/1874, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Havre and New York on 21/10/1874. She was transferred to the Naples - New York service on 11/4/1894 and ran between Hamburg - New York and Mediterranean ports - New York until 27/10/1894 when she commenced her last Hamburg - New York voyage. On 10/4/1895 she sailed on her last Naples - New York voyage and in 1896 was sold to a French company who renamed her "Quatre Amis". In 1896, she stranded in the River Scheldt, was refloated and scrapped at Marseilles the same year. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.391] [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 6 October 1997]
Hamburg-America Line Ship 'Suevia/Quatre Amis' & Orient Line Ship 'Orsova' at Railway
Pier, Port Melbourne, circa 1913
Registration Number: MM 110332
Description
View of two steam ships on either side of a busy pier, unloading goods into trains.
This image shows Railway Pier, Port Melbourne, circa 1913 with the Hamburg America
Line merchant ship 'Suevia' and the well known Orient Line ship 'Orsova'. Stanley
Fletcher was training to be a professional photographer with Powers Studio before
World War I when he enlisted to become a serviceman. Photographs like these could
be printed as postcards and there are many postcards of the 'Orsova' and Railway
Pier in existence. The image also shows the railway line, steam engines and workmen
on the pier.
Other Names: Railway Pier; 'Orsova'; Orient Line; 'Suevia'; Hamburg-America Line
Acknowledgement: Contributed by Mrs Nancy Gallagher
Reproduction Rights: Museum Victoria