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EMS. Passenger. Built in 1881 by John Elder & Co. Glasgow for Norrdeutscher Lloyd. 4500Gt. L418'. B36'. Iron hull. Single screw. Has a straight stem. 2 funnels. 4 masts. 16kn. Leaving Southampton on 26th June in 1881 on her Maiden voyage she broke the Atlantic record to New York in 8 days. She was sunk in collision with SS CRAITHIE in 1895 in the North Sea with the loss of 332 lives - Uruguay 1895 Official stamps. 20c. SG0205. 1897. 20c. SG188 (LB3/14. 4/117. EWA VOL 8. P29)
Note: Listed in Gibbons "Collect Ships" as Elbe.

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