Below you will find a series of passenger lists for ships that left Hamburg during the second half of the 19th Century and early 20th Century to bring Germans to South Africa and to other parts of Africa. Direct trips between Hamburg and South Africa were relatively rare in the early years. Most passengers would have travelled via Southampton or London. Those ships that travelled directly from Hamburg to South Africa mostly sailed directly for Cape Town, with a relatively small number of passengers continuing their voyages to Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay), East London or Natal. In later years, German shipping lines started servicing the various German colonies in Africa.

Please note:
1. You can do a search for particular names in all the lists from the Main page.
2. Some of the information provided was transscribed directly from the book Deutsche Wanderung nach Südafrika im 19. Jahrhundert by Werner Schmidt. The lists are in German, but should be simple enough to understand by non-German readers.
3. I did not attempt to cross-check the accuracy of the information in "Wanderungen" or even to correct obvious errors. Through the process of scanning and deciphering the text further errors may very well have been introduced. If in doubt about the accuracy of any piece of data, please ask. I will then verify the information I have.
4. The lists from Wanderungen are organised according to the primary immigrant: Surname, Christian name, occupation (age), place of origin, followed by his spouse (mit Frau = with wife) and any children. People travelling on their own are marked with an *.
5. The other lists are based on the original Hamburg Passenger Lists available in the Hamburg archives or at ancestry.de. Each individual is listed separately, with their age, gender, previous place of residence, their destination, occupation, etc.
6. The passengers that travelled via England would have transferred to a larger vessel in Southampton or London to continue their journey to South Africa.

The voyages of the Candace 1857-1868 (Ship owned by the Hermannsburg Missionary Society):

The Mission ship Candace near Heligoland by Alexander Scherzer, Bomann-Museum, Celle
Candace on 09 November 1857	Candace on 26 November 1858	Candace on 06 September 1867	Candace on 01 October 1868
The ships of the shipping company Johan Cesar Godeffroy 1858-1878 (from "Wanderungen", except those denoted by *)
Sophie (ex Jenny), aquarelle by Jacob Böttger, Museum für Hamburger Geschichte The first 6 ships of the Godeffroy ships brought most of their passengers to Kaffraria, as part of the settlement plan for this small colony. But some of these passengers disembarked in Cape Town and settled in the surrounding areas (e.g. in Philippi).
Sophie am 11. August 1856*	Cesar Godeffroy on 12 Apri1 1858	La Rochelle early June 1858	Wandrahm on 22 August 1858
Peter Godeffroy on 25 September 1858*	Wilhelmsburg mid October 1858	Johann Cesar end of October 1858	Alfred on 5 May 1859*
Victoria on 1 October 1859*	Peter Godeffroy on 19 November 1859*	Cesar Godeffroy on 5 May 1860	Johann Cesar on 6 June 1860
Wandrahm on 15 June 1860	Alfred on 11 August 1860	Alster on 14 December 1860*	Helene on 10 April 1861
San Francisco on 15 May 1861	Peter Godeffroy on 17 July 1861*	Wandrahm on 2 November 1861	San Francisco on 10 May 1862
Steinwärder on 20 May 1863	Helene on 12September 1863	Wandrahm on 28 November 1876	Pedraza on 3 May 1877
Adele on 8 June 1877	Sophie on 15 August 1877	Uranus on 25 September 1877	Caroline Behn on 10 October 1877
Godeffroy on 15 November 1877	Saturnus on 3 January 1878	Papa on 31 March 1878	La Rochelle on 13 July 1878
The ships of the Union Steamship Company from Hamburg to South Africa - mostly via Southampton (from the Hamburg Passenger Lists on Ancestry.de):
The voyage of the African 1882: African 1873
African on 22 September 1882
The voyages of the Anglian 1881-1894:
Anglian on 25 March 1881	Anglian on 01 July 1881	Anglian on 21 October 1881	Anglian on 14 January 1882
Anglian on 11 April 1882	Anglian on 12 January 1883	Anglian on 21 September 1883	Anglian on 16 January 1884
Anglian on 14 February 1884	Anglian on 22 December 1889	Anglian on 03 April 1890	Anglian on 10 July 1890
Anglian on 16 October 1890	Anglian on 14 May 1891	Anglian on 23 January 1892	Anglian on 28 May 1892
Anglian on 15 April 1893	Anglian on 30 September 1893	Anglian on 03 February 1894	Anglian on 23 June 1894
The voyages of the Arab 1881-1895:
Arab on 18 November 1881	Arab on 09 February 1883	Arab on 01 June 1883 or on 09 June 1883	Arab on 28 May 1884
Arab on 26 June 1884	Arab on 23 July 1884	Arab on 22 August 1884	Arab on 18 September 1884
Arab on 05 April 1889	Arab on 16 May 1890	Arab on 21 August 1890	Arab on 27 November 1890
Arab on 02 April 1891	Arab on 23 July 1891	Arab on 28 November 1891	Arab on 02 April 1892
Arab on 10 July 1892	Arab on 09 July 1893	Arab on 03 March 1894	Arab on 09 June 1894
Arab on 13 October 1894	Arab on 19 January 1895	Arab on 25 May 1895	Arab on 15 September 1895
The voyage of the Carlton Tower 1881:
Carlton Tower on 23 September 1881
The voyages of the Durban 1883:
Durban on 6 April 1883	Durban on 27 July 1883	Durban on 12 July 1889	Durban on 16 October 1889
Durban on 23 January 1890	Durban on 30 April 1890	Durban on 2 October 1890	Durban on 1 January 1891
Durban on 16 April 1891	Durban on 22 August 1891
The voyages of the German 1882-1883:
German on 5 May 1882	German on 28 July 1882	German on 21 October 1882	German on 5 May 1883
The voyages of the Nubian 1882-1883:
Nubian on 10 March 1882	Nubian on 2 June 1882	Nubian on 9 March 1883	Nubian on 29 June 1883
Nubian on 31 May 1889	Nubian on 06 September 1889	Nubian on 12 December 1889	Nubian on 20 March 1890
Nubian on 26 June 1890	Nubian on 05 March 1891	Nubian on 11 June 1891	Nubian on 04 October 1891
Nubian on 09 January 1892	Nubian on 16 April 1892	Nubian on 20 August 1892
The voyages of the Olympus 1881:
Olympus on 26 August 1881	Olympus on 02 December 1881
The voyages of the Pretoria 1882-1896:
Pretoria on 27 August 1882	Pretoria on 22 November 1882	Pretoria on 08 March 1889	Pretoria on 28 June 1889
Pretoria on 03 October 1889	Pretoria on 09 January 1890	Pretoria on 17 April 1890	Pretoria on 24 July 1890
Pretoria on 30 October 1890	Pretoria on 30 April 1891	Pretoria on 06 August 1891	Pretoria on 15 November 1891
Pretoria on 20 February 1892	Pretoria on 25 June 1892	Pretoria on 28 May 1893	Pretoria on 01 September 1893
Pretoria on 07 January 1894	Pretoria on 14 April 1894	Pretoria on 18 August 1894	Pretoria on 25 November 1894
Pretoria on 30 March 1895	Pretoria on 03 August 1895	Pretoria on 10 November 1895	Pretoria on 23 May 1896
Pretoria on 07 December 1896
The voyages of the Roman 1883-1890:
Roman on 19 October 1883	Roman on 16 October 1883	Roman on 13 November 1884	Roman on 11 December 1884
Roman on 08 January 1885	Roman on 05 February 1885	Roman on 05 March 1885	Roman on 02 April 1885
Roman on 30 April 1885	Roman on 28 May 1885	Roman on 25 June 1885	Roman on 23 July 1885
Roman on 20 August 1885	Roman on 15 October 1885	Roman on 12 November 1885	Roman on 10 December 1885
Roman on 07 January 1886	Roman on 05 March 1886	Roman on 01 April 1886	Roman on 30 April 1886
Roman on 27 May 1886	Roman on 24 June 1886	Roman on 22 July 1886	Roman on 19 August 1886
Roman on 16 September 1886	Roman on 14 October 1886	Roman on 12 November 1886	Roman on 10 December 1886
Roman on 07 January 1887	Roman on 04 February 1887	Roman on 04 March 1887	Roman on 01 April 1887
Roman on 29 April 1887	Roman on 27 May 1887	Roman on 24 June 1887	Roman on 23 July 1887
Roman on 20 August 1887	Roman on 17 September 1887	Roman on 15 October 1887	Roman on 12 November 1887
Roman on 07 January 1888	Roman on 04 February 1888	Roman on 03 March 1888	Roman on 30 March 1888
Roman on 28 April 1888	Roman on 26 May 1888	Roman on 23 June 1888	Roman on 03 August 1888
Roman on 15 September 1888	Roman on 29 September 1888	Roman on 10 November 1888	Roman on 24 November 1888
Roman on 08 December 1888	Roman on 22 December 1888	Roman on 05 January 1889	Roman on 02 February 1889
Roman on 15 February 1889	Roman on 15 March 1889	Roman on 11 April 1889	Roman on 10 May 1889
Roman on 19 July 1889	Roman on 16 August 1889	Roman on 13 September 1889	Roman on 13 November 1890
The voyages of the Teuton 1881:
Teuton on 22 April 1881	Teuton on 29 July 1881
The ships of the General Steam Navigation Company: These ships transferred passengers from Hamburg to London, either for immigration to Britain or for onward journeys to the New World. Only those passengers are included in these lists that indicated South Africa as their final destination. This route was especially popular with Russian (likely Lithuanian) Jews. In some cases only one or two passengers out of a larger group went to South Africa. In other cases, only a small group of passengers was on board for the journey: there are even lists with only a single passenger on board! Because of the large number of trips with short passenger lists, they have all been combined into a single table per ship:
Hawk 1883-1890	Kestrel 1880-1891	Lapwing 1883-1892	Martin 1879-1886
Rainbow 1878-1895	Virgo 1884-1887	Widgeon 1880-1883
The ships of the A. Kirsten-Line, Hamburg: These ships transferred passengers from Hamburg to London, either for immigration to Britain or for onward journeys to the New World. Only those passengers are included in these lists that indicated South Africa as their final destination. This route was especially popular with Russian (likely Lithuanian) Jews. In some cases only one or two passengers out of a larger group went to South Africa. In other cases, only a small group of passengers was on board for the journey: there are even lists with only a single passenger on board! Because of the large number of trips with short passenger lists, they have all been combined into a single table per ship:
Gemma 1878-1902	Olivia 1887-1911	Ophelia 1881-1911	Vesta 1880-1905
Wega 1880-1898
The ships of the Woermann-Line / German East-Africa-Line:
Adolph Woermann on 25 May 1910	Adolph Woermann on 20 November 1926
Alexandra Woermann on 30 November 1905
The voyages of the Gertrud Woermann 1883-1890:
Gertrud Woermann 1889	Gertrud Woermann 1890	Gertrud Woermann on 30 April 1891	Gertrud Woermann on 26 October 1898
Gertrud Woermann on 26 February 1899	Gertrud Woermann on 26 June 1899	Gertrud Woermann on 26 February 1900	Gertrud Woermann on 23 July 1904
Gertrud Woermann on 26 October 1904	Gertrud Woermann on 30 April 1906	Gertrud Woermann on 15 July 1906	Gertrud Woermann on 27 January 1907
Gertrud Woermann on 12 September 1907	Gertrud Woermann on 25 December 1907	Gertrud Woermann on 28 March 1908	Gertrud Woermann on 22 July 1908
Gertrud Woermann on 24 October 1908	Gertrud Woermann on 06 February 1909	Gertrud Woermann on 12 May 1909	Gertrud Woermann on 25 August 1909
Gertrud Woermann on 27 November 1909	Gertrud Woermann on 02 March 1910	Gertrud Woermann on 04 June 1910	Gertrud Woermann on 06 September 1910
Gertrud Woermann on 10 December 1910	Gertrud Woermann on 19 August 1911	Gertrud Woermann on 02 December 1911	Gertrud Woermann on 10 March 1912
Gertrud Woermann on 14 July 1912	Gertrud Woermann on 14 October 1912	Gertrud Woermann on 25 January 1913	Gertrud Woermann on 25 April 1913
Gertrud Woermann on 24 August 1913	Gertrud Woermann on 25 November 1913	Gertrud Woermann on 24 February 1914	Gertrud Woermann on 29 May 1914
The voyages of the Professor Woermann 1882-1914:
Professor Woermann on 27 December 1882	Professor Woermann on 22 February 1883	Professor Woermann on 24 June 1883	Professor Woermann on 15 November 1883
Professor Woermann on 01 April 1884	Professor Woermann on 01 August 1884	Professor Woermann on 04 December 1884	Professor Woermann on 11 April 1885
Professor Woermann on 01 September 1885	Professor Woermann on 01 January 1886	Professor Woermann on 01 June 1886	Professor Woermann on 15 September 1886
Professor Woermann on 04 June 1887	Professor Woermann on 30 September 1887	Professor Woermann on 15 June 1888	Professor Woermann on 31 May 1888
Professor Woermann on 15 October 1888	Professor Woermann on 15 January 1889	Professor Woermann on 24 April 1889	Professor Woermann on 20 July 1889
Professor Woermann on 04 November 1889	Professor Woermann on 07 March 1890	Professor Woermann on 31 July 1890	Professor Woermann on 02 December 1890
Professor Woermann on 22 November 1904	Professor Woermann on 28 February 1905	Professor Woermann on 16 May 1905	Professor Woermann on 17 September 1905
Professor Woermann on 15 December 1905	Professor Woermann on 30 May 1906	Professor Woermann on 15 September 1906	Professor Woermann on 16 December 1906
Professor Woermann on 25 September 1912	Professor Woermann on 24 November 1912	Professor Woermann on 25 January 1913	Professor Woermann on 27 March 1913
Professor Woermann on 24 May 1913	Professor Woermann on 24 July 1913	Professor Woermann on 24 September 1913	Professor Woermann on 24 November 1913
Professor Woermann on 25 January 1914	Professor Woermann on 24 March 1914	Professor Woermann on 24 May 1914	Professor Woermann on 25 July 1914
Admiral on 25 August 1912	Usaramo on 17 March 1921	Usaramo on 18 June 1921
The ships of the Hamburg-America-Line:
Kamerun on 23 August 1907