Hesperia
Associated Passenger-Domenico Messineo
Date of Arrival at Ellis Island-July 21, 1897
Port of Departure-Naples
Built by D. & W. Henderson & Company,
Glasgow, Scotland, 1882. 3,037 gross tons;
340 (bp) feet long; 37 feet wide.
Compound engine, single screw. Service
speed 11 knots. 760 passengers (760 third
class).
Built for Anchor Line, British flag, in
1882 and reverted to Hesperia. Glasgow-New
York and Mediterranean-New York service.
Also Glasgow-Bombay service. Scrapped in
Italy in 1905.
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