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This is an image of the S.S. Bavaria, the ship on which Henry, Mary Francis and children immigrated. The "Bavaria" was built by Caird & Co, Greenock in 1856 as the "Petropolis" for the Hamburg Brazilian Steam Navigation Co. She was a 2,405 gross ton ship, length 282.1ft x beam 39.4ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was accommodation for 50-1st, 136-2nd and 310-3rd class passengers. Launched on 30/10/1856, she left Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Southampton, Lisbon, Pernambuco, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro on 20/2/1857. She commenced her last voyage on this service on 20/11/1857 and was then sold to Hamburg America Line. Renamed "Bavaria" on 21/10/1858, she started her first Hamburg - Southampton - New York voyage on 1/11/1858. In October 1867 she inaugurated the company's first Hamburg - New Orleans voyage and in 1871 was fitted with compound engines by C.A.Day & Co, Southampton. Her last Hamburg - New York voyage commenced on 25/10/1873 and she subsequently sailed between Hamburg and the West Indies. Purchased by the Dominion Line on 1/11/1876, she sailed from Liverpool for New Orleans on 7/12/1876 but was destroyed by fire at sea on the homeward passage on 6/2/1877 with no loss of life. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.388] [South Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 31 July 1998]. Additional information about the ship is at:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ariepe/SHIPS/A-C.htm
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