SS Rhynland Archival Collection
Red Star Line Steamer SS Rhynland (1879) at Sea, c1890-1995. Photo by John S. Johnston. Published by Detroit Publishing Company No. 022378. Library of Congress LCCN 2016805783. GGA Image ID # 207e7ba9bb
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- Red Star Line Steamer SS Rhynland (1879) at Sea, c1890-1995 (Top Image)
- Rhynland (1879) Red Star Line (Belgian) Ship's History (Brief)
- Passenger Lists
- Sailing Schedules
- Books Referencing the SS Rhynland
Rhynland (1879) Red Star Line (Belgian)
Built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, England. Tonnage: 3,689. Dimensions: 402'x 40'. Propulsion: Single screw, 12 1/2 knots. Compound engines. 1,600 I.H.P. Masts and Funnels: Four masts and one funnel. Additional Features: Iron hull. Service: Employed mainly in the Antwerp-New York service. Transfer of Ownership: Transferred to Liverpool-Philadelphia service of American Line in 1895. Renamed: Rhyna (1906). Italian owners. Fate: Scrapped in 1906. Sister ship: Belgenland.
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1895-09-11 SS Rhynland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: American Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 11 September 1895
- Route: Liverpool to Philadelphia
- Commander: Captain F. Loesewitz
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Red Star Line Sailing Schedule, 6 February 1886 to 30 October 1886
The SS Rhynland, 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.
