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ship Charlotte Jane, 720 tons, Lawrence, master, from Plymouth Sep. 7, with 26 cabin, 24 intermediate, and 104 steerage passengers. Same day, ship Randolph...

(3 by 2 m). Forward of that was the steerage room, which probably housed berths for the ship's officers and contained the ship's compass and whipstaff...

found his path blocked by "a mass of humanity several lines deep, covering the boat deck, facing us" – hundreds of steerage passengers, who had finally...

The Steerage Act of 1819, also called the Manifest of Immigrants Act, was an Act passed by the United States federal government on March 2, 1819, effective...

Turkish baths, located along the Starboard side of F-Deck Third Class (commonly referred to as steerage) accommodations aboard Titanic were not as luxurious...

turn of the 20th Century and the outbreak of the First World War, that being a general layout which included both the 'old' and 'new' steerage. Combined...

consisting of 859 first-class passengers, 647 second-class passengers, 648 third-class passengers, 1,495 in steerage, and 1,332 crew. The ship returned...

750 steerage and 60 crew; 327 were children and 661 were Highland Scots. At the time of the clipper's departure, Marco Polo was the largest ship to travel...

holds. Steerage: The lower deck of a ship, where the cargo is stored above the closed hold. In the late 19th and early 20th century, steamship steerage decks...

rudder, it does not respond to the helm and is said to have lost steerage. The motion of a ship through the water is known as making way. Boats on rivers must...

songs, while steerage passengers Pat Murphy, Martin Gallagher, and James Farrel enjoy a party in third class, where Murphy becomes attracted to a young Polish...

A helmsman or helm (sometimes driver or steersman) is a person who steers a ship, sailboat, submarine, other type of maritime vessel, airship, or spacecraft...

inside the ship is much sparser and is largely confined to the steerage and the great cabin, at the after end of the upper gundeck. Residues of paint have...

passengers from steerage manage to get up on deck, Jim and Peter in their midst. When up on deck the Earl of Manton helps Mary and the children into a lifeboat...

There was no provision for steerage passengers. To serve a maximum of 400 passengers, Adriatic carried a crew of 188. The ship's ground tackle was entirely...

310 first class, 470 second class passengers, 500 third class and 250 steerage passengers. The CP transported many immigrants from Europe to Canada, primarily...

ship, from leaks to steerage issues, stating, "Twenty-three months after commissioning of LPD-17, the Navy still does not have a mission-capable ship...

: headsail  steamer A vessel equipped with steam propulsion. steerage 1.  The effect of the helm on a vessel; the act of steering a vessel. 2.  A 19th- and early...

meet her in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland, he determined to travel in steerage class to see how the working classes fared...

line because they required more coal than slower ships and could not carry much freight or many steerage passengers and were therefore profitable only in...