Atlantic Transport Line Passenger Lists 1899-1931
The Atlantic Transport Line operated transatlantic passenger service primarily between New York and London from 1881 to 1936. It was an American owned company that was operated by the British and sailed under the British flag.
Atlantic Transport Line Passenger Lists below are available at the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives and have been transcribed and uploaded. You can view a complete inventory of Atlantic Transport Line passenger lists available at the GG Archives on this page.
1899-06-01 SS Marquette Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 1 June 1899
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain Thomas F. Gates
1900-09-15 SS Marquette Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 15 September 1900
- Route: New York for London
- Commander: Captain Thomas F. Gates
1900-11-08 SS Marquette Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Saloon
- Date of Departure: 8 November 1900
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain Thomas F. Gates
1902-04-10 SS Minneapolis Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Saloon
- Date of Departure: 10 April 1902
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain Thomas F. Gates
1902-08-16 SS Minnehaha Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Saloon
- Date of Departure: 16 August 1902
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain J. Robinson
1904-06-18 SS Minnetonka Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 18 June 1904
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain Sydney Layland
1904-08-27 S. S. Minneapolis Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 27 August 1904
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain Thomas F. Gates
1904-09-03 SS Mesaba Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 3 September 1904
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain J. Crichton
1905-09-30 SS Minneapolis Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Atlantic Transport Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 30 September 1905
- Route: New York to London
- Commander: Captain Thos. F. Gates
1905-11-16 S. S. Minneapolis Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 16 November 1905
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain Thomas F. Gates
1906-05-12 SS Minneapolis Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 12 May 1906
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain Thomas F. Gates
1908-07-25 SS Minnetonka Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 25 July 1908
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain E. G. Cannons
1909-06-12 SS Minneapolis Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 12 June 1909
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret, R.N.R
1910-02-05 SS Minnehaha Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 5 February 1910
- Route: Southampton to New York
- Commander: Captain Sydney Layland
1912-08-31 SS Minnetonka Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 31 August 1912
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain E. O. Cannons
1913-09-27 SS Minnehaha Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 27 September 1913
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret
- Note: Annotated by one of the Passengers - interesting read
1914-05-23 SS Minnetonka Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Atlantic Transport Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 23 May 1914
- Route: New York to London
- Commander: Captain E. G. Cannons
1914-08-29 SS Minnetonka Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 29 August 1914
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain E. O. Cannons
1924-05-31 SS Minnewaska Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 31 May 1924
- Route: New York to Cherbourg and London
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret
1925-07-11 SS Minnekahda Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 11 July 1925
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain J. Jenson
1925-08-08 SS Minnekahda Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 8 August 1925
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain J. Jenson (Lt. Cmdr. U.S.N.R.F.)
1927-04-23 SS Minnewaska Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 23 April 1927
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret
1927-06-11 SS Minnesota Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 11 June 1927
- Route: New York to Boulogne-sur-Mer and London
- Commander: Captain W. F. Pollard
1927-08-20 SS Minnesota Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Not Stated
- Date of Departure: 20 August 1927
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain W. F. Pollard, D.S.O., R.D
1927-09-03 SS Minnekahda Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 3 September 1927
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain J. Jenson (Lt. Cmdr. U.S.N.R.)
1927-10-15 SS Minnesota Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 15 October 1927
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain E. Finch
1927-12-17 SS Minnetonka Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 17 December 1927
- Route: Tilbury (London) to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain Thomas F. Gates
1928-03-31 SS Minnekahda Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 31 March 1928
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain J. Jenson (Lt. Cmdr. U.S.N.R.F.)
1928-06-23 SS Minnekahda Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 23 June 1928
- Route: London for New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain J. Jensen
1928-07-07 SS Minnesota Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Not Stated
- Date of Departure: 7 July 1928
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain E. Finch
1928-07-21 SS Minnekahda Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 21 July 1928
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain J. Jensen
1928-08-04 SS Minnesota Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Not Stated
- Date of Departure: 4 August 1928
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain E. Finch, R.D., R.N.R.
1928-08-25 SS Minnewaska Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 25 August 1928
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret
1928-09-01 SS Minnesota Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Not Stated
- Date of Departure: 1 September 1928
- Route: London to New York
- Commander: Captain E. Finch, R.D., R.N.R
1929-10-12 SS Minnewaska Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 12 October 1929
- Route: Tilbury (London) for New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret
1930-02-22 SS Minnekahda Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 22 February 1930
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain J. Jensen
1930-07-12 SS Minnekahda Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 12 July 1930
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain J. Jensen
1930-08-02 SS Minnewaska Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 2 August 1930
- Route: New York to Cherbourg and London
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret, O.B.E., R.N.R
1930-09-27 SS Minnetonka Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 27 September 1930
- Route: London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain Thomas F. Gates
1930-09-27 SS Minnewaska Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 27 September 1930
- Route: New York to Cherbourg and London via Halifax, NS
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret
1931-04-25 SS Minnewaska Passenger List
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 25 April 1931
- Route: Tilbury (London) to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Commander: Captain Frank H. Claret
The Minnetonka and Minnewaska carry First Class Passengers only, and call at Cherbourg eastbound.
The Minnekahda and Minnesota carry Tourist Third Cabin Passengers only, and call at Boulogne-sur-Mer eastbound,
The Minnekahda also calls at Plymouth' eastbound. The Steamship Minnekahda has accommodations for 2,200 third-class passengers.
All westbound passenger ships are from London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Atlantic Transport Line (1892-1931) British-USA
In the beginning, The Atlantic Transport Line ran a large fleet of steamships between Baltimore, and London and Swansea. In 1902 the International Navigation Company became the International Mercantile Marine Company, and under its enlarged scope and capital absorbed the White Star Line, the Atlantic Transport Line, the Dominion Line, and the Leyland Line.
The Atlantic Transport Line for a generation was famous in the London passenger trade, with a fine fleet of big combination steamers, known as the "Minne" class -- Minnehaha, Minnetonka, etc. -- and in 1919, though it was bereft, by the fortunes of war, of its passenger steamers, which have not yet been replaced, it is one of the great and powerful freight lines plying between American and English ports, and a potential power in passenger business as well. Atlantic Transport Line - Primary route between New York and London (Tilbury Docks).
After World One, The Atlantic Transport Line between New York and London resumed service for Passengers with the steamships Manchuria and Mongolia and later added the Minnekahda in 1920.
Sister ships: Minneapolis, Minnehaha, Minnewaska, and Minnetonka were fine, sturdy ships, 600 feet long, of 21,000 gross tons each are oil burners. The Minnewaska and Minnetonka were the forerunners of their new fleet that replaced the famous "Minne" class ships sent to the bottom by torpedoes in the war.
Each of the ships carried about 320 first-class Passengers, in addition to some 17,000 tons of cargo, and crossed the Atlantic from Pier to Pier in less than nine days. Like their famous predecessors, these new ships were designed for great steadiness at sea.
The American- owned, British-operated Atlantic Transport Line proclaimed itself as “unique in the travel world” on this poster from around 1920. And it was—it's liners were designed to carry only “tourist third class” Passengers, making fares far more affordable (40 GBP per round trip) than those of the luxury liners.
It was a strategy that attracted legions of low-fare-seeking students who responded to the line's other slogan, "Spend your long vacation in America."
Post World War One, Atlantic Transport Line built as replacements for ships of the same names which had been lost during World War I. Atlantic Transport Line, was a constituent company of International Mercantile Marine (IMM).