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The steamship TRAVE was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd by Fairfield Co Ltd, Glasgow (yard #311), and was launched on 18 February 1886. 4,966 tons; 138,42 x 14,67 meters (length x breadth); straight stem, 2 funnels, 4 masts; steel construction, screw propulsion, 1 triple-expansion engine, service speed 17 to 17.5 knots; accommodation for 224 passengers in 1st class, 90 in 2nd class, and 660 in steerage; crew of 185. 1896/97, rebuilt by AG Vulcan, Stettin; 5,262 tons, masts reduced to 2, funnels lengthened, engine and boilers overhauled. On 24 Feb 1898 the US-citizen George C. Kettwig of Terre Haute, Indiana arrived at New York. He was 33 years of age and married and had boarded the ship in Bremen. (Please supply information on George C. Kettwig!)
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Photograph of the TRAVE after her 1896/97 rebuild.
Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia.
Source: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 35. Sources:
http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/com-tr.htm#trave1886
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