Arcadia
Ship Number
308
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
2
Launch Date
8 October 1896
Delivered
2 April 1897
Owner
Hamburg Amerika Line
Weight
5551 grt
BP Length
400 feet
Breadth
49 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
13 knots
Propulsion
Quadruple expansion constructed in Belfast
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
Arcadia

The Arcadia was the first of two ships with this name owned by Hamburg America Line. Her details were - 5,442 gross tons, length 400ft x beam 49ft, one funnel, two masts, Single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 20-1st and 1,100-3rd class passengers. Launched on 8th October 1896, she left Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Montreal in April 1897.
 
On 16th May 1897 she stranded near Cape Ray, Newfoundland on the homeward voyage, but was refloated and returned to Quebec for temporary repairs and then proceeded to Belfast for reconditioning by her builders.
 
On 3rd November 1897 she sailed from Belfast to New York and Hamburg and on 15th December 1897 commenced her first voyage Hamburg - Portland - Boston.
 
On 25th July 1914 she left Hamburg on her last voyage to Baltimore and took refuge in the USA due to the outbreak of the Great War. In April 1917 she was seized at Newport News by US authorities and became the US government ship Arcadia.
 
 She was scrapped in 1926. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.402]