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Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL; lit. North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen on 20 February 1857.
Der Norddeutsche Lloyd ( NDL, englisch North German Lloyd) war eine deutsche Reederei, die am 20. Februar 1857 von Hermann Henrich Meier und Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen gegründet wurde. Sie entwickelte sich zu einem der bedeutendsten deutschen Schifffahrtsunternehmen des späten 19. und frühen 20.
JahrNameTonnageWerft18582674 BRTCaird & Co. Ltd., Greenock18582266 BRTPalmer Bros. & Co., Jarrow18582266 BRTPalmer Bros. & Co., Jarrow1858Newyork2674 BRTCaird & Co. Ltd., GreenockThe North German Lloyd Line (NGL) was founded in 1857 by the amalgamation of four smaller companies. They commenced operations between Bremen and London with six 500 ton steamers. Transatlantic voyages to New York started in June, 1858; Baltimore in March, 1868; and in 1869 regular sailings commenced to New Orleans.
The Norddeutscher Lloyd was founded in 1857. In the company emblem, an anchor and the Bremen key is crossing each other, surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves. The company was often called the "Bremen Line".
In the late 1800s NDL (Norddeutscher Lloyd) was the shipping giant of the day, using new technology to build astonishing ships. Such vessels include the legendary Kaiser-Class; the first four stackers ever built. But in the 1910s the British merchant fleet rose to challenge the Germans', and after WWI they fell from grace.
Passenger Lists from the Voyages of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd). The company runs many lines from its headquarters at Bremen; among them are those to New York - a line of express steamers and a line of ordinary mail steamers, all calling at Southampton or Cherbourg.
Aug 20, 2021 · For Norddeutscher Lloyd, which served as an infrastructure partner for the imperial mail steamer service to Australia, East Asia and the Pacific, the German protectorates in the South Seas remained only a small part of the overall entrepreneurial complex.
