The MORAVIA was built in 1883 by A & J Inglis of Glasgow as the BENGORE HEAD for the Ulster SS Co. of Ireland. She was a 3,739 gross ton ship, length 361.3ft x beam 40.7ft, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 100-1st and 1,200-3rd class passengers. Launched on August 4, 1883, she was bought the same year by the Hamburg-American Line and renamed MORAVIA. She commenced her first voyage on November 18, 1883 from Hamburg to Havre and New York, and on July 1, 1886 started her first Stettin, Prussia to New York voyage. On November 25, 1898 she commenced her last Hamburg - Havre - New York voyage, and later the same year was sold to Sloman of Hamburg who intended to name her PARMA, but this was never done. In January 1899 she sailed from Hamburg for New York but on February 12, 1899 was wrecked on Sable Island in the Canadian Maritimes, with no loss of life. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.393]