Arrive des Naufrages a la "maison des marins", a Douvres. Repas dans la "maison des marins"
Pomerania
Hamburg-Amerika Linie; 1873; J. Caird & Co.; 3,382 tons; 360 -2x40x26; 600 n.h.p.; 14 knots; compound engines. The liner Pomerania, Capt. Schwensen, left New York on November 14th, 1878, for Hamburg with a large number of passengers and the U.S. mails. Early on the morning of Monday, the 25th, she called at Plymouth and landed passengers and mails for England, together with some 7,500 dollars in specie, leaving for Cherbourg with 109 passengers and 111 crew. At about midnight when off Dover, and proceeding at a speed of 14 knots, she was struck on the starboard side, nearly amidships, by the iron barque, Moel Eilian, 1,100 tons, Capt. Pritchard. Of the nine boats carried on the liner four were smashed in the collision. The remaining five were got away, but one was overcrowded and capsized, drowning many of its occupants. Distress signals were sent up and in response the s.s. Glengarry, Capt. Hogg, came to the rescue and picked up a number of survivors. The Pomerania remained afloat for some 20 minutes after the collision and during that time many passengers went below with the object of securing their valuables, and lost their lives when the vessel suddenly sank. The number drowned was 48. Capt. Schwensen was carried down with the ship, but coming to the surface was later picked up by the City of Amsterdam and taken to Maasluis. The Moel Eilian was in such a state as to prevent her from rendering aid, and much damaged she reached Dover. The German government was prompt to recognise the aid of the Glengarry, and £150 was sent to the Board of Trade representative at Leith to be awarded to the crew as soon as the vessel reached that port. Capt. Hogg was presented with £100, and £50 was distributed among the crew.
Pommerania Pomerania
Schiffsdaten
Schiffstyp Passagierschiff
Bauwerft Caird & Co., Greenock
Stapellauf 26. Juli 1873
Verbleib 1878 nach Kollision gesunken
Schiffsmaße und Besatzung
Länge
109,80 m (Lüa)
Breite 12,20 m
Vermessung 3.382 BRT
Besatzung 111
Maschine
Geschwindigkeit max. 13 kn (24 km/h)
Transportkapazitäten
Zugelassene Passagierzahl I. Klasse: 100
II. Klasse: 70
III. Klasse: 600
Arrive des Naufrages a la "maison des marins", a Douvres. Repas dans la "maison des marins"
Pomerania
Hamburg-Amerika Linie; 1873; J. Caird & Co.; 3,382 tons; 360 -2x40x26; 600 n.h.p.; 14 knots; compound engines. The liner Pomerania, Capt. Schwensen, left New York on November 14th, 1878, for Hamburg with a large number of passengers and the U.S. mails. Early on the morning of Monday, the 25th, she called at Plymouth and landed passengers and mails for England, together with some 7,500 dollars in specie, leaving for Cherbourg with 109 passengers and 111 crew. At about midnight when off Dover, and proceeding at a speed of 14 knots, she was struck on the starboard side, nearly amidships, by the iron barque, Moel Eilian, 1,100 tons, Capt. Pritchard. Of the nine boats carried on the liner four were smashed in the collision. The remaining five were got away, but one was overcrowded and capsized, drowning many of its occupants. Distress signals were sent up and in response the s.s. Glengarry, Capt. Hogg, came to the rescue and picked up a number of survivors. The Pomerania remained afloat for some 20 minutes after the collision and during that time many passengers went below with the object of securing their valuables, and lost their lives when the vessel suddenly sank. The number drowned was 48. Capt. Schwensen was carried down with the ship, but coming to the surface was later picked up by the City of Amsterdam and taken to Maasluis. The Moel Eilian was in such a state as to prevent her from rendering aid, and much damaged she reached Dover. The German government was prompt to recognise the aid of the Glengarry, and £150 was sent to the Board of Trade representative at Leith to be awarded to the crew as soon as the vessel reached that port. Capt. Hogg was presented with £100, and £50 was distributed among the crew.
Pommerania Pomerania
Schiffsdaten
Schiffstyp Passagierschiff
Bauwerft Caird & Co., Greenock
Stapellauf 26. Juli 1873
Verbleib 1878 nach Kollision gesunken
Schiffsmaße und Besatzung
Länge
109,80 m (Lüa)
Breite 12,20 m
Vermessung 3.382 BRT
Besatzung 111
Maschine
Geschwindigkeit max. 13 kn (24 km/h)
Transportkapazitäten
Zugelassene Passagierzahl I. Klasse: 100
II. Klasse: 70
III. Klasse: 600