This was the ship that may have transported the Roggermann Family from Germany to the U.S. on February 10, 1879.

The steamship NÜRNBERG was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd by Robert Steele & Co, Greenock (yard #80), and was launched on 9 September 1873.

• 3,116 tons; 107,24 x 11,92 meters (length x breadth); straight stem, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, single-screw propulsion, double-expansion engines, service speed 12 knots;

• accommodation for 34 passengers in 1st class, 33 in 2nd class, and 600 in steerage; crew of 101.

 The NÜRNBERG was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd's Baltimore service.

• 17 February 1874, maiden voyage, Bremen - Southampton - Baltimore.

• 1876, passenger numbers failing to meet expectations, the forward saloon converted into a cargo hatch.

• 11 September 1880, first of 9 roundtrip voyages, Bremen - Southampton - New York.

• 1886, rebuilt at Bremerhaven for the new German Imperial Mail service (Reichspostdienst) to the Far East; service speed 13.5 knots.

• 15 December 1886, first voyage, Bremen-Suez Canal-Far East; brought the first keg of German beer to China.

• Between 13 July 1887 and 11 June 1891, 8 roundtrip voyages, Bremen-Suez Canal-Australia.

• 21 January 1892, last voyage, Bremen-Baltimore.

• 1892-1895, ran in Norddeutscher Lloyd's East Asia Branch Line service between Hong Kong and Japan.

• 15 September 1895, sold to F. Raben.

• 1896, scrapped at Vegesack.

[Sources: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), pp. 24-25 (photograph); Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), pp. 70-71 (photograph); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 549.]