Maiden voyage of the "Melbourne"- 1912

Germany to Australia.

The "Melbourne" weighing 5,926 tons was built in 1910 in Flensberg, Germany for the Hamburg registered "German-Australian Steamship Company". The ship Master was L. Maier on the voyage via Algoa Bay (near Port Elizabeth, South Africa) to Sydney, Australia. It docked at Wolloomooloo Bay on 4th March 1912 to to load apples and pears. This cargo was refrigerated and destined for Hamburg, Germany.

INWARDS

(A list of the crew) 

"Melbourne" of Hamburg, L. Maier   Master. Burthen 5926/3715 Tons, from the port of Hamburg to Sydney, New South Wales, 4.3.1912.

                   

 Seaman's Name   

  Age 

 Town or Country Born

 Station
 F. Winiker  48  Ricklingen, Germany   Chief Officer
 G. Bobsin   41  Hamburg, Germany  2nd Officer
 W. Sattler  28  Blankenese, Germany  3rd Officer
 J. v. Holdt  26  Wilster, Germany  4th Officer
 C. Fischer   34  Hamburg, Germany  Chief Engineer
 W. Collier        31  Hamburg, Germany  2nd Engineer
 P. Widmer   27  Lion, Germany   3rd Engineer
 W. Bier   31  Plagwilz, Germany  4th Engineer
 G. Barkow  21  Caseburg, Germany  Engineer Assist.
 J. Petersen    21  Röddingen, Germany  Engineer Assist.
 F. Alsen   24  Flensberg, Germany  Telegraph Officer
 J. Valentiner    27  Altona, Germany     Carpenter
 R. Neuenfeldt  46  Crampe, Germany  1st Boatswain
 E. Atins    51  Madgeburg, Germany     2nd Boatswain
 W. Müller   21  Pirmasenz, Germany  A B Seaman
 E. Voigt       19  Landsberg, Germany  A B Seaman
 A. Schulze   30  Berlin, Germany  A B Seaman
 R. Börshert   25  Berlin, Germany       A B Seaman
 O. Borsherding       31  Peine, Germany     A B Seaman
 W. Wolff    21  Denilz, Germany      A B Seaman 
 M. Gollnik     30  Schlagau, Germany       A B Seaman
 K. Kaufmann   27  Hagen, Germany     A B Seaman
 A. Müller    19  Reichenbach, Germany  O T 
 K. Gerhards    22  Cöln, Germany    O T
 M. Inrisch    18  Jaustiwalde, Germany   Boy
 H. Ruppert     18  Berlin, Germany    Boy
 E. Krause    35  Schlöben, Germany   Cook
 H. Hollbach   31  Bibra, Germany      Baker
 G. Blume   26  Tondern, Germany      1st Steward
 A. v. Borstel    16   Wittorf, Germany    2nd Steward
 I. Schnitzbauer     21  Haushain, Germany   3rd Steward          
 H. Sturm     27  Altona, Germany    Fireman
 A. Dölbel     29  Stafsfurt, Germany  Fireman
 N. Nielsen   29  Copenhagen, Denmark  Fireman
 W. Klett     28  Erfurt, Germany   Fireman
 F. Blischke  27  Bunzelwitz, Germany    Fireman
 F. Schalk     22  Zürich, Germany   Fireman
 H. Reimann   29  Memel, Germany    Fireman
 L. Luxemberg   25  Hohensabra, Germany    Trimmer
 F. Jurkmann    25  Hamburg, Germany              Trimmer
 H. Götsch         32  Altona, Germany              Trimmer
 K. Börk      48  Arnsdorf, Germany           Fireman
 J. Kirsch      21  Cöln, Germany       Trimmer
 B. Dickson      19  Melbourne, Australia     Trimmer
 B. Wilson     19  Melbourne, Australia    Trimmer

 

ARRIVAL OF THE MELBOURNE.

The new German-Australian steamer Melbourne, 5926 tons, (which has already been described in the "Herald") was an attraction coming up Sydney Harbour yesterday as she went to her berth at Woolloomooloo Bay. She is quite after the style of the other liners named after Australian cities - the Fremantle, Adelaide and Sydney. On her voyage from Hamburg the Melbourne at times exceeded 13 knots. Her average hourly record from Algoa Bay to Melbourne was 13 ½ knots.

(Extract from "The Sydney Morning Herald" shipping news, Tuesday 5th March, 1912.)