S.S. Konigin Luise

Built by A.G Vulcan for North German Lloyd, the S.S. Konigin Luise was launched on October 7th, 1896. The liners maiden voyage was on March 22nd, 1897 leaving Bremen for New York. In 1904, she began her first Genoa to Naples to New York service which would continue until 1911. The next service route would run from Bremen to Australia in 1911 and then resume Bremen and New York sailings beginning in 1912. With the beginning of the Great War, she was laid up in 1914 and seized by Britain in April 1919. She was transferred to the Orient Line and renamed Omar. It was then sold to the Byron Line in 1924 and renamed Edison. Under her third name she began the Piraeus to Patras to Naples to New York sailings. In August of 1928, she became under the ownership of the National Greek Line and began New York, Boston, and Piraeus crossings. She ended up in Genoa in 1935 where the vessel was scrapped.

• Length: 160.02 m (525 ft)
• Beam: 18.28 m (60 ft)
• Propulsion: two funnels, two masts, twin screw,
• Speed: 15 knots (17-18Mph)
• Capacity: 10,566 tons
• Occupancy 227 1st class passengers, 235 2nd class passengers, and 1,564 3rd class passengers

Alessandro Fulgenzi (Born: 1873) made his second trip to America on this liner sailing again from Naples to New York in 1907 after visiting back home in Calascio, Italy. Him and his wife were living in Riverton, Illinois.

Colomba Polidori (Born: 1862) traveled on this vessel in October of 1907 sailing from Naples to New York to reunite with her husband Giuseppe. The family would later settle in Colorado.