Red Star Line Fleet List
Brochure Cover, Red Star Line Belgian Royal & United States Mail. Steamships Sailing Every Saturday Between New York and Antwerp, 1886. Created by Peter Wright & Sons, General Agents. GGA Image ID # 2050b6b14e
Fleet List of the Red Star Line Showing Ownership, Nationality, Name of Ship, Year Placed in Service, and Gross Tonnage. Gross tonnage equals cubic feet of all enclosed space divided by 100. Notations Regarding the Ship (if any), Such as Previous Name or Renaming, are shown after the Gross Tonnage.
RED STAR LINE
(Belgian)
Founded in 1871, the Red Star Line was a joint venture between the International Navigation Company of Philadelphia, which also ran the American Line, and the Société Anonyme de Navigation Belgo-Américaine of Antwerp, Belgium.
- Abbotsford (1871) 2,554
- Belgenland (1878) 3,692
- Belgenland (1917) 27,132
- Finland (1902) 12,188
- Friesland (1889) 6,409
- Gothland (1893) 7,669
- Kenilworth (1872) 2,595
- Kroonland (1902) 12,760
- Lapland (1908) 18,565
- Nederland (1873) 2,950
- Noordland (1804) 5,129
- Pennland (1870) 3,760
- Pennland (1922) 16,322
- Poland (1898) 8,282
- Rhynland (1879) 3,689
- Russland (1873) 2,595
- Samland (1903) 9,748
- Switzerland (1874) 2,957
- Vaderland (1873) 2,748
- Vaderland (1900) 11,899
- Wacsland (1867) 4,752
- Westernland (1884) 5,736
- Westernland (1918) 16,289
- Zeeland (1865) 2,866
- Zeeland (1901) 11,905
Smith, Eugene W., Passenger Ships of the World: Past and Present, Boston: George H. Dean Company, 1963.
