The ''Suevia'' was a passenger steamship built for the

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in 1874. It was assigned to transatlantic crossings between

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. The ''Suevia'' had accommodation for 100 first-class, 70 second-class and 600 third-class passengers. It had two masts and reached a speed of 13 knots. In 1884 it got new steam boilers and served for the Hamburg America Line 10 more years until 1894. In 1896 it was sold to Schiaffino, Nyer & Siges in

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and renamed ''Quatre Amis''. After it stranded near

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in 1898 it was scrapped in

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Collision

On 13 April 1889, during a dense fog, the

Line steamship ''Suevia'' ran into the pilot-boat ''Commodore Bateman,'' No. 11, and sank her off

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. Pilot John Handran and the cook Henry Halford were drowned trying to escape the sinking boat. Others on the pilot-boat were saved and taken on board the ''Suevia''.

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Collision

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