S.S. Phoenicia

The Phoenicia was built by A.G. Vulcan for the Hamburg America Line. She was a sister ship to the Patria and the Palatia. The vessel sailed on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York on January 5th, 1895. In April of 1902, she began the ships first Genoa, Naples, and New York service which would last for 7 voyages until 1903. She was then sold to the Russian Navy and renamed Kronstadt in 1904. In 1918, it was seized by Germany and renamed Fleiss. Then in 1919, it was returned to Russia and reverted back to Kronstadt. The French Navy took over the vessel in 1921 and renamed her Vulcain and used it as a fleet repair ship. It was finally scrapped in 1937.

• Length: 140.21 m (460 ft)
• Beam: 15.84 m (52 ft)
• Propulsion: one funnel, four masts, twin screw,
• Speed: 14 knots (15-16 Mph)
• Capacity: 7,155 tons
• Occupancy 60 1st class passengers and 2,000 3rd class passengers

Giuseppa Riggio (Born: 1867) along with her two children Rosa and Cirey Cancilla came to America on this vessel from Villarosa, Italy in 1902. This was their second attempt with their first attempt being earlier that year on the Umbria. The children were not admitted the first time around for unknown reasons. Husband and father Pasquale had come over to America earlier to establish the family in Pennsylvania.