SS Bremen
Ocean Liner · German Empire · Lost 1900 · The New Jersey Coast
A Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner was gutted and run aground during the deadly 1900 Hoboken piers fire, one of three great German liners caught in the blaze.
Michael Thomas Barry
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The Vessel and Her Loss
SS Bremen was a Norddeutscher Lloyd transatlantic liner that entered service in 1897. On 30 June 1900, a fire that began in cotton bales on the Hoboken piers spread to Bremen and two sister liners, killing at least 326 people along the waterfront. Bremen ran aground during the disaster but was later salvaged, rebuilt with a lengthened hull, and returned to transatlantic service in 1901.
Vessel
- 1896
- F. Schichau
- Danzig, Germany
- Steel
- 550 ft
- 60.2 ft
- 10525
- Steam, quadruple-expansion, twin screw
- Norddeutscher Lloyd
Loss
- June 30, 1900
- Fire
- Weehawken, New Jersey, North River
- Hudson River
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- The Hoboken Docks fire killed at least 326 people overall; casualties specific to Bremen's own crew are not established in the sources reviewed.
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The Wreck Today
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- Grounded and awash on the Weehawken flats before salvage
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Position
- 40.74° N 74.03° W
- Approximate position
- Hoboken, New Jersey
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
Casualties specific to Bremen's own crew, as distinct from the overall Hoboken pier fire toll, are not established in the sources reviewed.
Mystic Seaport Museum photograph collection
Photographic documentation of Bremen aground after the fire.
