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This sub-category lists ships that sailed for North German Lloyd (German: Norddeutscher Lloyd).
The German shipping company North German Lloyd (NDL) was founded by the Bremen merchants Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann on 20 February 1857, after the dissolution of the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, a joint German-American enterprise.
Bremen - Galveston ships commenced calls at Philadelphia in March, 1910 and a new service started in 1913 to Boston and New Orleans. At the outbreak of WWI, many North German Lloyd ships took refuge in US ports, and these were seized by American authorities in 1917.
The North German Lloyd Line (NGL) was founded in 1857 by the amalgamation of four smaller companies. They commenced operations between Bremen and London with six 500 ton steamers. Transatlantic voyages to New York started in June, 1858; Baltimore in March, 1868; and in 1869 regular sailings commenced to New Orleans.
VesselBuiltYears In ServiceTonsAachen (1)18951914 transferred to German Navy, 1915 ...3,833Aachen (2)19231940 sunk by British destroyers at ...6,274Abana19291935 renamed Inn, 1939 sunk by Royal ...2,867Achaia19231925 taken over with Roland Line, Bremen, ...2,288Passenger Lists from the Voyages of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd). The company runs many lines from its headquarters at Bremen; among them are those to New York - a line of express steamers and a line of ordinary mail steamers, all calling at Southampton or Cherbourg.
Inventory of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd) passenger lists available at the GG Archives coverning 1885 to 1938, Bulk 1926 to1938.
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The vast majority traveled on North German Lloyd ships departing from Bremerhaven, while the rest embarked at Hamburg, Antwerp, or Liverpool. According to the Baltimore’s manifest or passenger list, twenty six of the 141 passengers were children under ten, all traveling with adult family members.
