The steamship HERMANN was ordered in August 1864 and laid down for Norddeutscher Lloyd as the EUROPA by Caird & Co., Greenock, but was launched in June 1865 as the HERMANN, in honour of the founder of Norddeutscher Lloyd (Hermann Heinrich Meier) and of the Germanic hero. She was 2,715 tons gross; 96.92m x 12.19m (318 x 40 ft; length x beam); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; hull of iron construction, screw propulsion, single propeller, 2 inverted engines giving a speed of 11 knots; there was accommodation for 80 passengers in 1st class, 120 in 2nd class, and 500 in steerage; crew of 105.
17 December 1865, maiden voyage, Bremen - Southampton - New York.
1872, engines compounded by Day, Summers & Co, Southampton; service speed 12.5 knots, coal consumption cut by 30 percent.
21 April 1884, stranded on the Tegeler Plate off the mouth of the Weser, and broke her keel; complete reconstruction with straight stem, triple-expansion engine.
22 December 1892, last voyage, Bremen-New York.
13 February 1893, sold to Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, in part exchange for the H. H. MEIER.
1895, sold to H. F. Swan, Newcastle.
1896, scrapped in Genoa.
Source: Passenger Ship History Service