SS Noordland Archival Collection
Noordland (1884) Red Star Line
Built by Laird Bros., Ltd., Birkenhead, England. Tonnage: 5,129. Dimensions: 400'x 47'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 13 1/2 knots. 2,500 I.H.P. Compound engines. Masts and Funnels: Four masts and one funnel. Service: Antwerp-New York. Ownership Transfer: Transferred to American Line's Liverpool-Philadelphia service in 1901. Fate: Scrapped in 1908.
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1906-08-22 SS Noordland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: American Line
- Class of Passengers: Not Stated
- Date of Departure: 22 August 1906
- Route: Liverpool to Philadelphia
- Commander: Captain Thomas Deans
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American Line Philadelphia - Queenstown - Liverpool Service - 1907
American Line has specially arranged to accommodate those passengers who want good food and service, moderate speed and to have the best accommodation the steamers afford at a reasonable cost. Ships Covered: Friesland, Haverford, Merion, Noordland, and Westernland.
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1908-07-04 SS Noordland Independence Day Dinner Menu
This rare fourth of July Bill of Fare from the SS Noordland of the American Line featured Broiled Chicken. Maryland Style and Petits Fillets Mignonne's. The complete lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner were printed on the bask side of the menu.
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Red Star Line Sailing Schedule, 6 February 1886 to 30 October 1886
The SS Noordland, operated by Red Star Line, was scheduled for transatlantic voyages between 6 February 1886 and 30 October 1886.
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Passenger Ships of the World - 1963
🎓 “A Global Voyage Through Steamship History for Historians, Genealogists, and Maritime Enthusiasts”
Eugene W. Smith’s Passenger Ships of the World – Past and Present (1963) is a masterfully curated encyclopedic reference that charts the rise, peak, and transformation of ocean-going passenger ships through nearly two centuries. Expanding upon his earlier Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific works, Smith offers a global maritime panorama that includes ships serving the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Oceania, as well as Canal routes and California-Hawaii shuttle lines.
🧭 This book is an essential resource for:
- Maritime historians seeking design evolution and fleet data
- Genealogists tracing voyages and shipping lines
- Educators and students studying transoceanic migration and tourism
- Ship modelers, naval architects, and enthusiasts interested in dimensions, tonnage, and speed
The American Line: 1871-1902 (2000)
📚 "Restoring the Stars and Stripes to the North Atlantic"
William H. Flayhart III’s The American Line: 1871–1902 is a powerful narrative chronicling one of the most ambitious yet underappreciated efforts in U.S. maritime history: the rebirth of American transatlantic shipping in the age of steam. For teachers, students, historians, genealogists, and lovers of ocean liner history, this book offers an indispensable resource on how the American Merchant Marine tried to reclaim its former glory after the Civil War devastated the industry.
The book centers around the rise of the American Line, backed by Philadelphia’s business elite and the Pennsylvania Railroad, and its close cousin, the Red Star Line, launched under a foreign flag to circumvent U.S. restrictions. Flayhart’s exhaustive research delivers a sweeping yet accessible account of how these two lines changed the face of transatlantic travel.
The Red Star Line, one of the oldest and best-known shipping lines ever to send ships out to sail the oceans, was founded in 1872 and liquidated in 1935.
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