H.H. MEIER / LUCANIA / MANUEL CALVO / DRAGO 1891
The H.H.MEIER was a 5140 ton ship built in 1891 for
North
German Lloyd, by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. of Walker-on-Tyne. She
had one funnel, three masts, twin screw, 13 knots. She was 421ft in
length x 48ft beam and had accommodation for 75 1st, 300 2nd and 1,000
3rd class passengers. She was launched as the LUCANIA for MacIver & Co.
and was bought by NDL in 1892 and renamed H.H.MEIER. On 27.12.1892 she
made her maiden voyage for NDL from Bremen - Southampton - NY and in
1893, transferred to Bremen - NY - Baltimore run. From 1894 she did five
voyages Bremen - South America and then went onto the Bremen - NY
service until 21.9.1901. when she made her last voyage on this run. In
1901 she was sold to the Spanish Cie. Trasatlantica Espanola and was
renamed MANUEL CALVO and was rebuilt. She was put on the Genoa -
Barcelona - - Cadiz - NY - Havana - Vera Cruz service. In 1919 she
struck a mine off the Turkish coast while repatriating foreigners with
the loss of 151 lives. Made her last voyage Barcelona - Cadiz - NY -
Havana in 1931 and was then laid up in Minorca until 1939 when she
sailed to Cadiz where she was rebuilt as a cargo vessel and in 1950 was
laid up at Santander. In 1952 she was renamed DRAGO, still under the
Spanish flag and in 1959 was scrapped in Spain at the remarkable age of
68. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.556] |
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