SS Fürst Bismarck (1890)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany | |
| Name: | Fürst Bismarck |
| Owner: | Hamburg America Line |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan |
| Launched: | 1890 |
| Russia | |
| Name: | Don |
| In service: | 1905 |
| Russia | |
| Name: | Moskva |
| In service: | 1906 |
| Italy | |
| Name: | San Guisto |
| In service: | 1917? |
| Status: | Scrapped, 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 8430 |
| Length: | 502 ft |
| Beam: | 57½ ft |
| Depth: | 38 ft |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion steam, twin screw |
The first SS Fürst Bismarck was an ocean liner built in 1890 by AG Vulcan for the Hamburg America Line. A steamship of 8,430 gross register tons, it was assigned to transatlantic crossings between Hamburg Germany and New York City, United States. Fürst Bismarck and the sister ships were part of an express fleet that usually made the trip in five to six days.
The fleet of twin-screw express steamships operated between New York to Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg, and from Hamburg, Southampton, and Cherbourg to New York. The fleet consisted of the SS Augusta Victoria and the SS Fürst Bismarck, built by the Vulcan Shipbuilding Company at Stettin, the SS Columbia, built by Laird Brothers, in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, and the SS Normannia, built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, in Glasgow. With these vessels the company maintained a weekly Transatlantic express service, offering the public the convenience of safe and comfortable travel between America and the European Continent.
The SS Fürst Bismarck was designed with five decks constructed of steel and teak. The three funnels rose above the hurricane deck. The ship also had two masts, but without yards. Each side of the ship was subdivided into numerous watertight compartments. The hull of the ship had a double bottom, the space between divided into chambers, which could be filled with water or emptied by means of automatic pumps, thus increasing or decreasing the draught at will, and guarding the ship from grounding. The enormous engines [were] of 6000 to 8000 horsepower each. The screws are of manganese bronze, with three or four blades.
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