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Oil on board, 56 x 91.5cm
The screw steamer Teutonic is shown in port profile in heavy seas. She was the first transatlantic liner to abandon auxiliary sail and she is shown here relying only on her engines. As in many of Jacobsen's views, the vessel is tilted slightly towards the observer to give a good view of the decks and the equipment. A few people have braved the weather to take a turn on deck.
Teutonic was built in Belfast in 1889 by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line. She was the first vessel built as an armed merchant cruiser. She served between Liverpool and New York until 1907 when she was transferred to Southampton. In 1911 she returned to Liverpool to serve on the Canadian route. In 1914 she took up cruiser duties with the Admiralty and from 1918 acted as a troopship until laid up and scrapped in 1921.