SS Silesia (1869)

A Hammonia class ship, the SS Silesia appeared very much like the ship pictured here, the SS Frisia
History
/ Hamburg / Germany
Name	SS Silesia
Namesake	the province of Silesia
Operator	Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG)
Port of registry	Hamburg
Route	Hamburg – Le Havre – New York City
Builder	Caird & Co.
Launched	14 April 1869
Christened	SS Silesia
Maiden voyage	23 June 1869
Out of service	1899
Renamed	Pacifica (1887), Citta di Napoli (1888), Montevideo (1891)
Refit	1877, compound engines
Fate	Transferred to Great Britain
United Kingdom
Name	SS Pacifica
Acquired	1887
Fate	Transferred to Italy
Italy
Name	P/fo Citta di Napoli
Owner	Fratelli Lavarello
Acquired	1888
Fate	Acquired by new Italian owner
Italy
Name	P/fo Montevideo
Owner	La Veloce Line
Acquired	1891
Homeport	Genoa
Fate	Wrecked off Lobos Island on the River Plate in Uruguay, then sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Hammonia
Tonnage	3,142
Length	361 ft (110 m)
Beam	46 ft (14 m)
Propulsion	Steam expansion (single screw) and two masts; later retrofitted with second screw
Sail plan	Square rigged on both fore and main masts
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h))
Capacity	600 passengers

The SS Silesia was a late 19th-century Hamburg America Line passenger and cargo ship that ran between the European ports of Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France to Castle Garden and later Ellis Island, New York transporting European immigrants, primarily Russian, Prussian, Hungarian, German, Austrian, Italian, and Danish individuals and families. Most passengers on this route were manual laborers, including stonecutters, locksmiths, farmers, millers, upholsterers, confectioners, and tailors, though physicians and other professionals also bought passage on her.^[1]