1871 – May 9, floated from dry dock
1871 – August 16th, Maiden voyage was Liverpool to New York via Queenstown.
1872 – Arrived in New York at 15:00 afternoon after crossing the Ocean from Queenstown in 9 days and 4 hours
1882 – Brought over Anton Reisberg, Matilda Reisberg, and Louisa Stockle in June 1882 from Liverpool to New York, leaving Liverpool on June 7, 1882 and arriving in New York on June 18th, 1882
1896 – Scrapped
S.S. Spain from Liverpool landing in NY 11/20/1886 – Built for the National Line by Laird Bros., Birkenhead, in drydock, in 1871. 4,512 tons; 425 x 43 feet (length x beam); straight bow, 2 funnels, 4 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 13 knots; accommodation for 120 1st- and 1,400 3rd-class passengers. 9 May 1871, floated. 16 August 1871, maiden voyage, Liverpool-Queenstown-New York. 1883, 2 voyages chartered to the Inman Line, Liverpool-Queenstown-New York. 11 February 1890, first voyage, London-New York. 23 November 1890, last voyage, Liverpool-New York 31 January 1896, last voyage, London-New York. 1896, scrapped [Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2, p. 613]. Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., [1993]), p. 312, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970 [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer]
Sources:
Immigrant Ships.net
List of S.S. Spain Voyages
Only live picture I’ve found of the ship (click for large photo)
Drawing
Cabin Plans
i FOUND MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER AND MY GRETAT GRANDFATHER AND GREAT UNCLE’S ENTRANCE TO OUR GREAT COUNTRY. THEY ARRIVED ON THE S.S. SPAIN
MARCH 28TH 1881. THEY WERE GERMANS WHO CAME THOUGH ENGLAND.THE LAST NAME IS KLEMMER
My great grandparents, Nicolas & Elisabeth Rausch, also arrived from Trier, Germany on 28 March 1881! What a rare coincidence, Mr. Klemmer!
Thanks for the information on the boat. I’ve always wondered what it looked like.
Please advise me as to how I can access the passenger list for the SS Spain 1872. The ship arrived in April 1872.
My family was on the same boat to America. I have pictures of all the people involved. Incredibly, one of them lived until 1977 when she was over 100 years old, and was probably the last surviving person from the voyage.
Oh wow, do you have a scanned copy?