SS Prinz Oskar Archival Collection
SS Prinz Oscar of the Hamburg-American Line, 1902. GGA Image ID # 20632c2990
Prinz Oskar (1902) Hamburg-American Line
Built by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack, Germany. Tonnage: 6,026. Dimensions: 403'X 49'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 13 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and two funnels. Service: Placed first in the Genoa-Naples-New York service. After 1906 was used on the Genoa-Buenos Aires route, and also, in North Atlantic services. War Reparations: Seized by United States in 1917. Renamed: Orion (1917). Fate: Scrapped about 1928. Sister ship: Prinz Adalbert.
Brochures
Across the Atlantic - Hamburg American Line - 1905
Although small in size, this 80 page booklet / brochure from 1905 provides an excellent record of the steamships and services of the Transatlantic Fleet of the Hamburg America Line. Ships Covered Included the Blücher, Deutschland, Graf Waldersee, Hamburg, Moltke, Patricia, Pennsylvania, Pretoria, Prinz Adalbert, Prinz Oskar, and Prinzessin Victoria Luise.
Photographs
The SS Prinz Oskar and SS Prinz Adalbert Cruising on the Open Seas. Across the Atlantic, 1905 HAPAG Brochure. GGA Image ID # 1bc0615d16
Interior Views of Various Public Rooms on the SS Prinz Oskar and SS Prinz Adalbert. Across the Atlantic, 1905 HAPAG Brochure. GGA Image ID # 1bc0947d1c
Main Saloon on the SS Prinz Oskar and SS Prinz Adalbert. Across the Atlantic, 1905 HAPAG Brochure. GGA Image ID # 1bc0c4c4d4
Sailing Schedules
Sailing Schedule, Genoa-Palermo-Naples-New York, from 15 August 1905 to 10 January 1906. Ships Included the Prinz Adalbert and Prinz Oskar. SS Graf Waldersee Passenger List, 29 July 1905. GGA Image ID # 1f06938a94
Sailing Schedule, Genoa-Palermo-Naples-New York, from 16 September 1905 to 22 March 1906. Ships Included the Fürst Bismarck, Hamburg, Prinz Adalbert, and Prinz Oskar. SS Hamburg Passenger List, 14 September 1905. GGA Image ID # 1f58533f5f
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-Philadelphia, Hamburg-Boston, Genoa-Naples-Palermo-NewYork, and New York-Gibraltar-Naples-Genoa, from 28 October 1913 to 22 January 1914. Ships Included the Cincinnati, Cleveland, Graf Waldersee, Hamburg, Moltke, Prinz Adalbert, and Prinz Oskar. SS Pretoria Passenger List, 25 October 1913. GGA Image ID # 1ee4c70e9d
