Massilia

     Associated Passenger-DeCaro, Raffaela 
         Date of Arrival at Ellis Island-January 28, 1903 
               Port of Departure-Naples  
                                                           Built by Gourlay Brothers & Company,
                                                           Dundee, Scotland, 1891. 2,965 gross tons;
                                                           340 (bp) feet long; 41 feet wide. Steam
                                                           triple expansion engine, single
                                                           screw.  Service speed 11 knots.  1,270
                                      passengers (20 first class, 1,250 third
                                                 class). 
                                  
                                                           Built for Anchor Line, British flag, in
                                                           1891 and named Massilia. Mediterranean-New
                                                           York service. Scrapped in 1911. 
                                      
                                      Photo: Peabody Essex Museum 
 
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