J.L. Luckenbach
J.L. Luckenbach av New York
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En dag over i New York fik jeg endelig hyre. Det var omborf i "J.L. Luckenbach" av New York. Det lasted Stykgods for San Fransico via Cape Horn. Da jeg kom ombord, var kosten elendig og mandskabet bestod for det meste av Tyskere, saa da vi kom til Philadelphia, hvor vi skulle kompletere lasten, stak jeg av og reiste tilbage til New York.
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SAALE / J. L. LUCKENBACH / PRINCESS / MADISON 4,967 gross tons, length 439.6ft x beam 48.1ft, two funnels, four masts, single screw and a speed of 17 knots. Accommodation for 150-1st, 90-2nd and 1,000-steerage class passengers. Built by Fairfield Co, Glasgow, she was launched for North German Lloyd of Bremen on 21st Apr.1886. Her maiden voyage from Bremen to Southampton and New York started 18th Aug.1886 and in 1896-97 she was refitted and her masts reduced to two. On 30th Jun.1900 she was severely damaged in a dock fire at New York with the loss of 109 lives and was subsequently sold. She then came under US ownership and was renamed J.L.LUCKENBACH and used as a cargo steamer. In 1921 she became the PRINCESS (US), and in 1923 became the MADISON (US). She was scrapped in Italy in 1924. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.553]