SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Archival Collection
SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1907. Painting by Fred Pansing. GGA Image ID # 1e90e9c228
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (1905) Hamburg-American line
Built by "Vulkan," Stettin, Germany. Tonnage: 24,581. Dimensions: 677 x 77 (699' o.l.). Twin-screw, 18 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Four masts and two funnels. Note: Launched as the largest ship in the world. Passengers: 472 first. 174 second, 1,820 third. Maiden Voyage: 10 May 1906 Hamburg-Dover-Cherbourg-New York. Route: Hamburg to New York. WW1 Reparations: Ceded to Great Britain after first World War. Post War Service: Served in Cunard Line fleet for a time. Ownership Change: Acquired by Canadian Pacific Line in 1921. Renamed: Empress of Scotland (1921). Fate: Out of Service in 1930, Scrapped in 1934.
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Twin-Screw Express and Passenger Steamship Services, and Sailing Schedule, Hamburg-Southampton-Boulogne sur Mer-Cherbourg-Plymouth-New York, from 23 August 1906 to 27 October 1906. Ships Included the Amerika, Batavia, Blücher, Deutschland, Graf Waldersee, Hamburg, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Oceana, Patricia, Pennsylvania, and Pretoria. SS Moltke Passenger List, 21 August 1906. GGA Image ID # 1e43a0cfd7
Sailing Schedule, European Ports-New York, from 30 April 1910 to 16 November 1910. Ships Included the Amerika, Blücher, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Deutschland, Graf Waldersee, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Oceana, Pennsylvania, President Grant, and President Lincoln. NOTE:—All steamers eastbound to Hamburg call at Plymouth and Cherbourg, except the steamer GRAF WALDERSEE, which will sail to Hamburg directly. The steamer PENNSYLVANIA, which will carry Second Class passengers only, will sail directly from New York to Hamburg and from Hamburg to New York. The steamer GRAF WALDERSEE will also carry Second Class passengers only, beginning with her 11 September 1910 sailing from Hamburg. After that date, she will sail directly from and to Hamburg. Hamburg-American Gazette, May 1910. GGA Image ID # 2128049286. Click to View Larger Image.
Sailing Schedule, Hamburg-New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Southampton, and Cherbourg, from 4 October 1912 to 20 February 1913 and Hamburg-Philadelphia from 7 October 1912 to 17 December 1912. Ships Included the Amerika, Cincinnati, Corcovado, Graf Waldersee, Hamburg, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Patricia, Pennsylvania, President Grant, President Lincoln, Pretoria, Prinz Adalbert, Prinz Oskar, and Victoria Luise. Assignment of Ship's Captains Included with Hamburg-New York Ships. SS Patricia Passenger List, 28 September 1912. GGA Image ID # 1ed91a7f1a
Sailing Schedule, Hamburg-Bologne-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York, from 25 October 1913 to 19 February 1914. Ships Included the Amerika, Graf Waldersee, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Moltke, Patricia, Pennsylvania, President Grant, President Lincoln, and Pretoria. SS Pretoria Passenger List, 25 October 1913. GGA Image ID # 1ee4c20743
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Classic Ocean Liners, Volume 1: Berengaria, Leviathan, & Majestic
An absorbing and detailed account of the three ships: Berengaria, Leviathan, & Majestic, 50,000-ton dinosaurs of the transatlantic lines in the years before World War I.
The Fabulous Interiors of the Great Ocean Liners - 1984
Some 200 superb photographs—in long shots and close-ups—capture exquisite interiors of world's great "floating palaces"—1890s to 1980s: Titanic, Île de France, Queen Elizabeth, United States, Europa, more. Informative captions provide key details.
Here is the story of twentieth-century passenger shipping, from the first of the superliners — the German Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse — to Cunard's Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, right up to Queen Elizabeth 2.
The First Great Ocean Liners in Photographs - 1983
Sumptuous volume recalls the glorious early years of elegant transatlantic travel. Over 190 historic photographs depict exterior and interior views of 101 great ocean liners, including the Virginian, Imperator, Vaterland, Bismarck, Lusitania, Mauretania, Balmoral Castle, Titanic, Olympic, Aquitania and dozens more. Full captions.
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1858-1912
This initial volume deals with Ships from 1858-1912, from the first passenger ship of over 10,000 GRT to be placed in service (the Great Eastern) to those unforgettable sister ships, the Olympic and Titanic — the first of more than 40,000 GRT.
Leviathan: "The World's Greatest Ship" Volume 1
The first volume takes us from the construction of the VATERLAND to the end of World War One when the VATERLAND, now the U.S.S Leviathan, was used as a troop transport and packed with fabulous photographs and reproductions of newspaper articles.
Leviathan: "The World's Greatest Ship" Volume 2
Volume 2 picks up the LEVIATHAN saga during her monumental conversion from a troop ship to a luxury liner and carries the ship’s tempestuous life up through her first round trip as a U.S. express liner. The book finishes with the SS Leviathan's triumphant return to the Atlantic.
Liverpool and the Mersey, Vol. 1: Gladstone Dock and the Great Liners
More than 190 rare archive photographs and maps, many never before published, recount the story of this most famous dock and the Great passenger Ships that were once a regular sight there.
Majesty at Sea: The Four Stackers
The opulent and luxurious four-funnel passenger liners, of which only fourteen have ever been built, are unsurpassed in maritime history. Built between 1897 and 1921, these great vessels vied with each other in their standards of comfort, spaciousness, and speed, and great was the rivalry between their owners.
This book recreates the ambiance of the ocean linereraby showing the actual objects used on board. Each piece of ocean-liner memorabilia is like an aladdin's lamp, releasing wondrous memories of that grand style of travel.
Ocean Steamers: A History of Ocean-Going Passenger Steamships 1820-1970
A history of the steam-powered passenger ship that details its story from the SS Savannah of 1819 to the SS Hamburg of 1969. It contains historical details of all civilian vessels built in the intervening years, with numerous illustrations and previously unpublished material.
Passenger Ships of the World - 1963
Passenger Ships of the World, 1963, represents an incredible resource covering passenger ships that are Trans-Atlantic, Trans-Pacific, Trans-Pacific via Panama Canal, Latin American, Africa and the Eastern Oceans, and California-Hawaii.
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994
One of the most comprehensive pictorial references on ocean liners ever published, this superb chronicle by noted maritime historian William H. Miller, Jr., depicts and describes virtually every passenger ship of over 15,000 tons built between 1860 and the late 1900s.
Sailing Seven Seas: History of the Canadian Pacific Line
With a witty and informative style, author Peter Pigott evokes-not only the nostalgic heyday of ocean travel but reveals a slice of almost-forgotten Canadiana.
The liners of this age served the route of gold linking Europe with the brazenly rich United States of America, where a new class of person was learning how to spend money as lavishly as any Old World rentier.
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SS Amerika and SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1910. SS Cincinnati Passenger List, 8 September 1910. Text in German and English. GGA Image ID # 1e8e69798f
The new giant steamers of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie SS. "Amerika" and "Kaiserin Auguste Victoria"
Some of the advantages offered by these steamers:
- Complete Safety Appliances.
- They are unsinkable because of their numerous water-tight compartments.
- Automatic Fire-extinguishing Apparatus.
- Submarine Bell Signaling System for detecting the proximity of danger in fog.
- Extreme steadiness, owing to large carrying capacity and bilge keels.
- Perfectly balanced Engines, entirely eliminating vibration.
- Excellent Ventilating System.
- Central Filtering System.
- Gypsy Band in Ritz's Carlton Restaurant.
- Promenade Concerts and Concerts during Dinner
- Three Spacious Promenade Decks.
- Numerous Sheltered Comers on Deck.
Offered by these steamers:
- Luxurious and Home-like Furnishings throughout the Steamer.
- Luxurious Ladies' Parlors, Smoking, and Writing Rooms.
- Chambers de Luxe, consisting of a Parlor, dining room, Bedroom, Dressing-room, Bath, and Toilet.
- Dining room à la carte.
- Ritz's Carlton Restaurant à la carte.
- Fresh Flowers are always on sale.
- Gymnasium with Electro-Zander Apparatus.
- Electric-light Baths.
- Trained Nurses connected with the Physician's staff.
- Telephone connections.
- Office of the Passenger Department
- Ladies' Hairdresser.
Captain Hans Ruser of the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. Hamburg-American Gazette, March 1909. GGA Image ID # 1e94c64e3c
Read the Biography of Captain Hans Ruser
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SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie. Painting by Fred Pansing c1910. Bain News Service. Library of Congress LCN 2014687928. GGA Image ID # 1e8e7dcf4b
Second and Third Class Passengers Dancing on the Decks of the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie, c1910. Bain News Service. Library of Congress LCN 2014688506. GGA Image ID # 1e8e823e17
Apartment on Board the Hamburg-Amerika Liner SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. The Syren and Shipping Supplement, 24 March 1909. GGA Image ID # 1e8f0a44d3
The Grand Staircase of the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. The Syren and Shipping Supplement, 24 March 1909. GGA Image ID # 1e8f4be802
First Class Social Hall on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. The Syren and Shipping Supplement, 24 March 1909. GGA Image ID # 1e8f8e0e38
Winter Garden on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria c1905. Bain News Service. Library of Congress LCN 2014684546. GGA Image ID # 1e9057b25a
Third Class Passengers Dancing while Second Class Passengers on the Deck Above Watch on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, c1910. Bain News Service. Library of Congress LCN 2014688506. GGA Image ID # 1e90c9053e
SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria in New York Harbor, c1910. Painting from Fred Pansing. GGA Image ID # 1e919decf4
The SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria shown with a Clipper Ship for Size Comparison. Painting by Fred Pansing. GGA Image ID # 1e92911306
Giant Steamer SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie, c1905. GGA Image ID # 1e934a9a28
Group of Immigrant Passengers on the Deck of the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, c1910. GGA Image ID # 1e951a2ba0
Steerage Passengers on the Deck of the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1906. Library of Congress LCN 2014688582. GGA Image ID # 1e951b799c
Staircase of the Steamer SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1907. Die Hamburg-Amerika Linie 1897-1907. GGA Image ID # 2166f4710f
Writing Room with a View of the Ladies' Salon on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1907. Die Hamburg-Amerika Linie 1897-1907. GGA Image ID # 2166f50b3f
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The World's Largest Steamer in 1905 was the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. GGA Image ID # 1e939951b7
Ritz's Carlton Restaurant on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1905. GGA Image ID # 1e943be921
First Class Smoking Room on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1905. GGA Image ID # 1e94426928
First Class Social Hall on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1905. GGA Image ID # 1e944d50b6
Staircase on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1905. GGA Image ID # 1e9460db5f
Staircase in the First Class Smoking Room on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, 1905. GGA Image ID # 1e947ecd8c
Winter Garden on the Kiaserin Auguste Victoria, 1905. GGA Image ID # 1e9483ace6
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