S.S. Tartar Prince

The S.S. Tartar Prince was built by Short Bros, Sunderland and launched for the Prince Line in January 1895. She was used on the South American service until 1897. On November 30th, 1897, she started sailings between New York, Naples, Genoa, and Leghorn. Her last crossing on this service started on June 11th, 1902 when she sailed from Leghorn for Genoa, Naples, Palermo and New York. Transferred to a new route between New York and South Africa, she was destroyed by fire on her second voyage on November 25th, 1902.

• Length: 104.4 m (342 ft 5 in)
• Beam: 13.2 m (43 ft 3 in)
• Draft: 5.7 m (18 ft 7 in)
• Propulsion: One triple expansion steam engine, single screw, 376 horsepower
• Speed: 12 knots (13-14 Mph)
• Capacity: 3,772 tons
• Occupancy: 45 1st class passenger and 1,000 3rd class passengers

Giuseppa Leuci (Born: 1892) Giuseppa was on this vessel September of 1898 as she sailed to America as a young girl with Brother Pellegrino (Born: 1890) and Mother Filomena Masone (Born: 1866). Her father Angelo Leuci (Born: 1864) was waiting for his family to arrive in New York.