Vessel Name - S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II Renamed 1900 - Hohenzollern Class – Passenger Steamship Hull - Steel Masts - 4 Designed by – Build date – 1889 Launched – April 23, 1889 Built by – A.G. Vulcan Built at – Stettin, Germany Built for – North American Lloyd Steamship Company Named for – Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen; Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (1859-1941) Power – Steam – Triple expansion engines, 1 screw, 2 funnels – 16 knots Gross tons – 4,773 – after 1892 rebuild – 6,661 Capacity – 1,200 passengers Length – 450’ Beam – 51’ Draught - Crew – Grounded on May 10, 1908 at Alghero, Sardinia. Refloated and sold for scrap in Italy.
Description: Vessel Name - S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II Renamed 1900 - Hohenzollern Class – Passenger Steamship Hull - Steel Masts - 4 Designed by – Build date – 1889 Launched – April 23, 1889 Built by – A.G. Vulcan Built at – Stettin, Germany Built for – North American Lloyd Steamship Company Named for – Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen; Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (1859-1941) Power – Steam – Triple expansion engines, 1 screw, 2 funnels – 16 knots Gross tons – 4,773 – after 1892 rebuild – 6,661 Capacity – 1,200 passengers Length – 450’ Beam – 51’ Draught - Crew – Grounded on May 10, 1908 at Alghero, Sardinia. Refloated and sold for scrap in Italy. [show more]
About this photo, George Bedigan wrote: "I have enclosed scan of my father’s (Jean Bedigian) discharge papers from SS Norembega. The picture in question looks to be more circa 1920 than 1902. I say that after examining the gentleman with the suit and tie. If Jean Bedigian is in the photo it would be the fourth crew member from the left. I do not have a photo of him at that time but a photo of one of his sons (attached .. soldier on the right ) has a likeness. Also he was not a tall man approx. 5’ 7”. Jean’s mother (Zois) and sister(Maria who married an American soldier) emigrated to the US after the first world war and may have settled in the area." Jean Bedigian (1885-1950)
Description: About this photo, George Bedigan wrote: "I have enclosed scan of my father’s (Jean Bedigian) discharge papers from SS Norembega. The picture in question looks to be more circa 1920 than 1902. I say that after examining the gentleman with the suit and tie. If Jean Bedigian is in the photo it would be the fourth crew member from the left. I do not have a photo of him at that time but a photo of one of his sons (attached .. soldier on the right ) has a likeness. Also he was not a tall man approx. 5’ 7”. Jean’s mother (Zois) and sister(Maria who married an American soldier) emigrated to the US after the first world war and may have settled in the area." Jean Bedigian (1885-1950) [show more]
See “Maine Lakes Steamboat Album" by Walter M. Macdougall et al, published by Down East Magazine, Camden, Maine, 1976, p. 10-12 for another photograph of the vessel and information about the West Branch vessels.
Description: See “Maine Lakes Steamboat Album" by Walter M. Macdougall et al, published by Down East Magazine, Camden, Maine, 1976, p. 10-12 for another photograph of the vessel and information about the West Branch vessels.
WRITTEN ON BACK: "Clark Point Wharf Southwest Harbor, Me Forest City (sister ship Lewiston) built in New York - 1854 - Boston - Bango route in 1880's Florence - small steamer in foreground - Blue Hill territory - chartered by Capt. Crockett Sign on a building at right - "International Express"
Description: WRITTEN ON BACK: "Clark Point Wharf Southwest Harbor, Me Forest City (sister ship Lewiston) built in New York - 1854 - Boston - Bango route in 1880's Florence - small steamer in foreground - Blue Hill territory - chartered by Capt. Crockett Sign on a building at right - "International Express"