Duncan Haws Drawing and Albert Wilhelmi Photo of Memorial to Sunken Ships. Description of the ships are on the back and written below.
C.F. Tietgen / SHIP INFORMATION
Built by Harlan & Wolff Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1897. 8,173 gross tons; 469 (bp) feet long; 53 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 15 knots. 2,350 passengers (200 first class, 150 second class, 2,000 third class).
SHIP HISTORY:
Built for Holland - America Line, Dutch flag, in 1897 and named Rotterdam. Rotterdam-New York service. Sold to Scandinavian American Line, in 1906 and renamed C.F. Tietgen. Copenhagen-New York service. Transferred to Russian American Line, in 1913 and renamed Dwinsk. Libau-New York and later Archangel-New York service. Transferred to Cunard Line, British flag, in 1917. Transferred to the British Government. Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Bermuda in 1918.
PHOTO CREDIT: Albert Wilhelmi Collection
Norge / Pieter De Connick / SHIP INFORMATION
Built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland, 1881. 3,318 gross tons; 340 (bp) feet long; 40 feet wide. Compound engine, single screw. Service speed 13 knots. 1,100 passengers (50 first class, 150 second class, 900 third class).
SHIP HISTORY:
Built in 1881 and named Pieter De Connick. Glasgow-New York service. T.C. Engels & Company, Belgian flag. Sold to Thingvalla Line, Danish flag, in 1889 and renamed Norge. Copenhagen-New York service. Wrecked off the English coast on June 28, 1904.
PHOTO CREDIT: Drawing: Duncan Haws
Overall Size: 17 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.
Sight Size: 12 x 14 in.
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