SS Cleveland Archival Collection

SS Cleveland of the Hamburg-American Line Pulling Into Harbor, c1910. Photo by Bains News Service. Library of Congress LCCN 2014683245. GGA Image ID # 206471fc79

Cleveland (1908) Hamburg-American Line

Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Tonnage: 16,971. Dimensions: 588' x 65'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 16 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Four masts and two funnels. Passengers: 239 first, 224 second, 2,391 third. Maiden voyage: Hamburg-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York, March 27, 1909. Service: Inaugurated a new service to Boston, along with the Cincinnati in May 1913. Renamed: (a) Mobile (1917), (b) King Alexander (1920), (c) Cleveland (1923). Fate: Scrapped in Germany, 1933. Sister ship: Cincinnati.

Passenger Lists

Sailing Schedules

Sailing Schedule, European Ports-New York, from 30 April 1910 to 16 November 1910. Ships Included the Amerika, Blücher, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Deutschland, Graf Waldersee, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Oceana, Pennsylvania, President Grant, and President Lincoln. NOTE:—All steamers eastbound to Hamburg call at Plymouth and Cherbourg, except the steamer GRAF WALDERSEE, which will sail to Hamburg directly. The steamer PENNSYLVANIA, which will carry Second Class passengers only, will sail directly from New York to Hamburg and from Hamburg to New York. The steamer GRAF WALDERSEE will also carry Second Class passengers only, beginning with her 11 September 1910 sailing from Hamburg. After that date, she will sail directly from and to Hamburg. Hamburg-American Gazette, May 1910. GGA Image ID # 2128049286. Click to View Larger Image.

Sailing Schedule, Hamburg-Philadelphia, Hamburg-Boston, Genoa-Naples-Palermo-NewYork, and New York-Gibraltar-Naples-Genoa, from 28 October 1913 to 22 January 1914. Ships Included the Cincinnati, Cleveland, Graf Waldersee, Hamburg, Moltke, Prinz Adalbert, and Prinz Oskar. SS Pretoria Passenger List, 25 October 1913. GGA Image ID # 1ee4c70e9d

Scheduled Sailings, Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG), and United American Lines (Harriman Line) from 28 January 1926 to 1 June 1926. Ships Included the Albert Ballin, Cleveland, Deutschland, Hamburg, Reliance, Resolute, Thuringia, and Westphalia. The listing includes the Name of the Ship's Commander. SS Albert Ballin Passenger List, 28 January 1926. GGA Image ID # 1e482ac29d

Scheduled Sailings, Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG), and United American Lines (Harriman Line) from 27 August 1926 to 1 December 1926. Ships Included the Albert Ballin, Cleveland, Deutschland, Hamburg, Reliance, Resolute, Thuringia, and Westphalia. The listing includes the Name of the Ship's Commander. SS Albert Ballin Passenger List, 28 January 1926. GGA Image ID # 1e496a80d7

Hamburg-American Line Proposed Sailings to Europe, From 6 July 1927 to 5 January 1928. Ships Included the Albert Ballin, Cleveland, Deutschland, Hamburg, New York, Reliance, Resolute, Thuringia, and Westphalia. Listing States Classes of Passengers Carried and the Ship's Commander. SS Albert Ballin Passenger List, 6 July 1927. GGA Image ID # 1e49d8e1bf

Hamburg-American Line Proposed Sailings from Europe, From 7 July 1927 to 31 December 1927. Ships Included the Albert Ballin, Cleveland, Deutschland, Hamburg, New York, Reliance, Resolute, Thuringia, and Westphalia. Listing States Classes of Passengers Carried. SS Albert Ballin Passenger List, 6 July 1927. GGA Image ID # 1e4a28ba52

Proposed Sailing List, Hamburg-Boulogne sur Mer-Southampton-New York, from 19 April 1929 to 15 August 1929. Ships Included the Albert Ballin, Cleveland, Deutschland, Hamburg, Milwaukee, Reliance, Resolute, St. Louis, Thuringia, and Westphalia. SS Hamburg Passenger List, 19 April 1929. GGA Image ID # 1e0152e801

Title Pages

Title Page, SS Cleveland Cabin Passenger List, 21 October 1923. GGA Image ID # 20662f853c

Title Page, SS Cleveland Cabin Passenger List, 8 May 1925. GGA Image ID # 206639881b

Title Page, SS Cleveland Cabin Passenger List, 17 October 1929. GGA Image ID # 20663bd522

Title Page, SS Cleveland Cabin Passenger List, 7 June 1930. GGA Image ID # 20667cbda9

Senior Officers and Staff

Senior Officers and Staff on the SS Cleveland Voyage of 21 October 1923. GGA Image ID # 2066c36696

Senior Officers and Staff on the SS Cleveland Voyage of 8 May 1925, Part 1 of 2. GGA Image ID # 2066c65b12

Senior Officers and Staff on the SS Cleveland Voyage of 8 May 1925, Part 2 of 2. GGA Image ID # 2066cbba16

Senior Officers and Staff on the SS Cleveland Voyage of 17 October 1929, Part 1 of 2. GGA Image ID # 2066db95be

Senior Officers and Staff on the SS Cleveland Voyage of 17 October 1929, Part 2 of 2. GGA Image ID # 2066f187df

Senior Officers and Staff on the SS Cleveland Voyage of 7 June 1930. GGA Image ID # 206728081f

Route Maps, Track Charts, Abstract of Logs

Track Chart, SS Cleveland Cabin Passenger List, 17 October 1929. GGA Image ID # 206617052b

Photographs

Scenes from the Third Class Accommodations on the SS Cleveland circa 1926. GGA Image ID # 176f014221

First Class Smoking Room on the SS Cleveland. Harper's Weekly, 15 May 1909. GGA Image ID # 2064b1cc3c

First Class Dining Saloon on the SS Cleveland. Harper's Weekly, 15 May 1909. GGA Image ID # 20656f0665

First Class Ladies' Saloon on the SS Cleveland. The Syren and Shipping, 25 April 1909. GGA Image ID # 2102254829

First Class Social Hall on the SS Cleveland. The Syren and Shipping, 25 April 1909. GGA Image ID # 2102322110

The SS Cleveland of the Hamburg-American Line. Harper's Weekly, 15 May 1909. GGA Image ID # 2065b9eb5b

The Steamships Cleveland and Cincinnati of the Hamburg-American Line. The Master, Mate, and Pilot, May 1909. GGA Image ID # 2066014e35

Advertisements

The New Hamburg-American Line Ocean Liners SS Cincinnati and SS Cleveland, 1909. SS Deutschland Passenger List, 7 October 1909. GGA Image ID # 1e424dd9cd

Two Grand Cruises "Around the World," 1911. Arrangements are being made by the Hamburg-American Line for two cruises of about three and one-hâlf months each "Around the World," the first to leave from New York on 21 October 1911 and the second from San Francisco on 6 February 1912. The large, new transatlantic liner "Cleveland " will make these cruises. The rates will be from $650.00 and upward, including shore excursions, railway and carriage fares, hotel accommodations with meals, guides' fees, etc. CRUISE I. Eastward from New York. 21 October. 1911. Passengers may leave New York on any steamer of the Line having available accommodation and sailing during the spring and summer of 1911 and join the S. S. "Cleveland" at Naples on 3 November 1911. CRUISE II. Westward from San Francisco, 6 February 1912. Passengers may return to New York from Naples. Genoa, Southampton. Cherbourg or Hamburg by any of the Company's great liners, similar accommodation to that occupied on the Cruise being provided, up to 15 July 1912. After that date, return tickets are accepted at the minimum rate of the steamer selected. SS Graf Waldersee Passenger List, 24 May 1911. GGA Image ID # 1f076bafcb

Books Referencing the SS Cleveland

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