SS Weser (1867)

For other ships with the same name, see SS Weser.

History

Name:	SS Weser
Namesake:	Weser River
Owner:	North German Lloyd
Builder:	Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland
Launched:	May 19, 1867
Maiden voyage:	June 1, 1867, Bremen-Southampton-New York
Renamed:	Seravalle
Refit:	1881
Homeport:	Bremen
General characteristics
Type:	Ocean liner
Tonnage:	2,870 gross tons

SS Weser was an ocean liner owned by North German Lloyd. The ship was built by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland, in 1867 and served the Bremen-Southampton-New York-Baltimore line from June 1, 1867 until June 13, 1895 when she was transferred to the Bremen-South America service for two roundtrip voyages until being sold to an Italian company in June 1896. She was renamed the Seravalle and flew under the Italian flag. The ship was scrapped in August 1896 in Genoa, Italy.

References

Bonsor, N.R.P. North Atlantic Seaway (Vol. 2)
Smith, Eugene W. Passenger Ships of the World Past & Present
Hansen, Clas Broder Passenger liners from Germany, 1816-1990
Drechsel, Edwin Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails (Vol. 1)

Ships of Norddeutscher Lloyd

Liners	Deutschland (1866) Weser (1867) Donau (1868) Elbe (1881) Saale (1886) Spree (1890) Barbarossa (1896) Friedrich der Große (1896) Königin Luise (1896) Bremen (1896) Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (1897) Kaiser Friedrich (1898) Großer Kurfürst (1899) König Albert (1899) Princess Alice (1900) Prinzess Irene (1900) Kronprinz Wilhelm (1901) Kaiser Wilhelm II (1902) Scharnhorst (1904) Prinz Eitel Friedrich (1904) SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1906) Prinz Ludwig (1906) George Washington (1908) Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm (1908) Zeppelin (1914) München (1923) Columbus (1924) Berlin III (1925) Europa (1928) Bremen (1928) Neptun (1931) Scharnhorst (1934) Gneisenau (1935) Potsdam (1935) Europa (1953) Berlin (1954) Bremen (1957)

Cargo liners	Wittekind (1894) Coblenz (1897) Köln (1899) Main (1900) Breslau (1901) Rhein (1899) Neckar (1900) Alster (1928)

Cargo ships	Herzogin Cecilie (1902) Locksun (1902) Westfalen (1905) Pommern (1913) Mark (1913) Pfalz (1913) Taube (1922) Alk (1926) Ganter (1927) Donau (1929) Akka (1930) Ems (1937) Hannover (1939) Greifswald (1945)¹

1. Ordered by Norddeutscher Lloyd, captured incomplete by Allied forces in 1945.

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