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S.S. Hannover

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This was a steamship built by Wigham Richardson & Co. and owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd.  It accommmodated 120 passesngers in 2nd class and 1,850 passengers in steerage.  There was a crew of some 90 to 110.

Her maiden voyage occured on 2 Dec 1899.

During WW I it served as a hospital ship.

She passsed through various hands and was scrapped in 1932.

The  source and photograph are from the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.

Palmer List of Merchant Vessels: http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/

.....See Hannover ship: http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/com-ha.htm#hannover1899