The SS Bremen, built by Caird & Company (Greenock, Scotland), for Norddeutscher Lloyd; was the first of 5 passenger ships of this name owned by the line.  It was launched on February 1, 1858 with a registered weight of 2,674 tons and length x breadth of 320 x 39 feet.  It featured a clipper bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts, iron construction, single screw, and service speed of 11 knots.  It accommodated 160 first class, 110 in second class, and 401 in steerage.  It also could accommodate 1,000 tons of freight.  She remained in passenger service until 1873.  

In 1874 it was sold to E. Bates & Company, Liverpool.  Its engines were removed and it was converted to sail.  On October, 1882, she ran aground in a dense fog new the Farallon Islands, 27 miles outside the Golden Gate, directly under the light house, in a dense fog.  She was carrying a cargo of coal and whiskey.  Reports state that small craft waited for the whiskey cargo to float up,  The US Government prevented the ship (with its Whiskey cargo) from being salvaged.  

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Source:  Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, Volume; Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.), Volume 2