Post by Les on Nov 1, 2020 12:15:23 GMT
27 July 1903 the Hanburg Amerika Liner Prinz Sigismund took part in a berthing docking trial .At the new Prince of Wales Pier .Mr Gann the Pilot boarded The Prinz Sigismund andwith the help of 2 of Dover's Harbour Tugs .It was reported this took less than ten minutes.
This was mainly arranged by Sir William Crundall the Deputy Chairman of Dover Harbour Board.
This was directed by Captain Iron. The Harbour Master.
The Prinz Sigsmound proceeded on her journey to New York half an hour later she was carrying 700 passengers mainly emigrants from Germany and Poland.
Herr Ballin director of the Hamburg Amerika Line decided that their ships would call at Dover from 1904.
This would include the Largest ships like the Deutschland. there would be 8 docking a week ships calling on outward voyages and homeward bound ones.
The Hamburg Amrika was owned by |Germany and the Kaiser sent a congratulations Telegram to Sir William Crundall.
The first ship was the 4 funnelled Deutschland on 22nd July 1904 at 9.30 am. Mr Foster was the Trinity Pilot helped by 2 tugs.
She was built in 1900 She carried 680 first class passengers in he upmost luxury and 600 second and third class passengers She took 5 days to cross the Atlantic.
Fares first class £18 second Class £12 third Class £10 these prices were slightly higher than other ships. She landed 40 passenger's from Hamburg and took on 98 this took about 2 hours.
The Red Star Line also started using Dover. These ships were under the British ,American ,and Belgium flags. their first ship was the Finland. She carried 1,500 passenger's was built in America 1902. August 12th 1904 she docked in the evening and waited for the boat Train .The Prince of Wales Piwe has the railway on it later to have a link bridge built on the end of it for the fairies that was 1935.The Train arrived at !!.00 O'clock .
TheRed Stars Line came from Antwerp to Dover then on to new York. on Saturdays and Mondays on the return trip.
The Kroonland and the Vaderland were the othere Red Star Lines other ships that called at Dover.
The Furs Bisback,Amerika and the Kieserin Auguste Victoria from the Hemburg Amerika Line joined t he Duutchland as visiting Dover. The Furst Bismark and the Amerika both on their Maiden voyage.
Inside the Anerika the largest liner in the world at that time.
The America's frist visit brought large crowd to see her she could carry 550 First class passengers 600 second class,600 third class and 2,3000 steerage passengers.
Steerage is the lower deck of a ship, where the cargo is stored above the closed hold. In the late 19th and early 20th century, steamship steerage decks were used to provide the lowest cost and lowest class of travel, often for European and Chinese immigrants to North America. With limited privacy and security, inadequate sanitary conditions, and poor food, steerage was often decried as inhumane, and was eventually replaced on ocean liners with third-class cabins.
It was thought to be unsinkable because of it water tight compartments. Other safety fetchers automatic fire exstingishers and a submarine bell to detectng tg proxiimity of danger in fog.
The Train from Londo hac 120 first class passengers for the ship. on board was Herr Ballin.