Massilia
Associated Passenger-DeCaro, Raffaela
Date of Arrival at Ellis Island-January 28, 1903
Port of Departure-Naples
Built by Gourlay Brothers & Company,
Dundee, Scotland, 1891. 2,965 gross tons;
340 (bp) feet long; 41 feet wide. Steam
triple expansion engine, single
screw. Service speed 11 knots. 1,270
passengers (20 first class, 1,250 third
class).
Built for Anchor Line, British flag, in
1891 and named Massilia. Mediterranean-New
York service. Scrapped in 1911.
Photo: Peabody Essex Museum
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