illness and passed away after four days at sea on 8 March. The first officer, Captain Theodor Deetjen, assumed command for the remainder of the voyage and Baltimore sailed in to port with her colors half-mast. Captain Vöckler was buried at sea. Captain Carl Fischer (age 37, native of the Kingdom of Hanover) died 26 April 1872, just as Baltimore was entering Cape Henry, Virginia and the day before arriving at the port of Baltimore. Baltimore sailed from Bremen on 10 April and from Southampton on 13 April. Captain Fischer had been quite sick during the passage, but attended to his duties. On 26 April, he had a stroke and died within moments. The first officer, Captain Deetjen, once again assumed command and Baltimore sailed in with her colors half-mast. Captain Fischer was buried at Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Collision On the night of 22 May 1872, the steamer Baltimore, under command of Captain Deetjen, was leaving Southampton heading for Bremen with about 120 passengers and cargo aboard. Mid-channel Baltimore collided with the Spanish screw steamship Lorenzo Semprum off the coast of Hastings, England. According to one account, Baltimore was "run down" by the other ship. The other steamer kept course without stopping to render assistance. The collision left a large hole, long and wide, in the bow causing the forward compartment to be filled with water. The equipment on Baltimore used to lower the lifeboats would not work, but passengers and crew were rescued by the ten men of the Hastings Coastguard. The leak was stopped and the water was pumped out of the hold with the assistance of steam fire engines. The ship was towed by steam tugs to Southampton and put into the dock for repairs. The Spanish steamer put in to dock at Southampton for repairs on 25 May 1872. They also had considerable damage, but had no injuries and the cargo was undamaged. Sailings Baltimore sailed under 14 official captains (Vöckler, Fischer, Lillenhain, Andressen, Dehle, Limon, Hellmers, Kohlmann, Hagemann, Bauer, Kessler, Thumann, Reimkasten, and Hashagen) and one unofficial captain (Deetjen). Baltimore sailed from Bremen to Southampton to Baltimore 51 times; the first trip was on 3 March 1868 and the last trip was on 5 March 1884. Baltimore sailed once from Bremen to New York on 11 April 1880. Baltimore also sailed from Bremen to various South American ports 47 times; the first trip