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Re: [TSL] Re: 'FRIESLAND'; 'WESTERNLAND'; 'HAVERFORD'
E Finch <efinch@paston.co.uk> on 02/06/2000

Hi Kathy,

Here are your ships -

The WESTERNLAND was built by Laird Bros at Birkenhead in 1883 for the Red
Star Line of Antwerp and was built in a drydock as opposed to a slipway and
was floated out on completion on 4th Aug.1883. She had a straight stem, two
funnels, four masts, single screw and a speed of 14 knots. She was 5736
gross tons, length 440ft x beam 47.2ft and had accommodation for 80-1st,
60-2nd, and 1,200-3rd class passengers. She sailed under the Belgian flag on
her maiden voyage from Antwerp to New York on 3rd Nov.1883 and stayed on
this service until 1901 when she was transferred to the American Line and
altered to carry 170-2nd and 1,200-3rd class passengers. She sailed on her
first trip under the US flag from Liverpool to Philadelphia in May 1901. In
1906 she resumed service for Red Star Line's Antwerp - NY service for three
round voyages and then went back to the American Line and made her last trip
for them from Liverpool - Philadelphia in September 1908. She was scrapped
in 1912.[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.852]


The "Haverford" was an 11,635 gross ton ship, built in 1901 by John Brown &
Co Ltd, Glasgow for the American Line. Her details were length 531ft x beam
59.2ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There
was accommodation for 150-2nd and 1,700-3rd class passengers.
Launched on 4/5/1901, she sailed on her maiden voyage under the British
flag, from Southampton for Cherbourg and New York on 4/9/1901. After one
voyage, she was chartered to Red Star Line of Antwerp and sailed on
9/11/1901 under the Belgian flag from Antwerp for New York. She made four
round voyages on this service, the last commencing 8/3/1902 and was then
returned to the American Line. In April 1902 she commenced sailings between
Liverpool and Philadelphia and on 17/12/1908 was chartered to Dominion Line
and started sailing between Liverpool, Halifax and Portland. On 21/1/1909
she started her second and last voyage on this route and in Jan.1915
commenced her last Liverpool - Philadelphia run.
Between 1915-16 she was used as a British transport ship and on 26/6/1917
was torpedoed by a German submarine off the West coast of Scotland with the
loss of 8 lives but was beached. On 17/4/1918 she survived an unsuccessful
submarine attack in the North Atlantic and in Jan 1919 resumed the Liverpool
- Philadelphia service. She made her last voyage on this route for American
Line in Feb.1921 and on 1/4/1921 commenced sailing for White Star Line on
the same route. The seventh and last voyage on this service commenced on
6/11/1921, and on 18/1/1922 she started sailing between Hamburg and New York
for American Line. After three round voyages she went back to White Star's
Liverpool - Boston - Philadelphia service on 16/5/1922. Her final voyage
began on 27/8/1924 when she left Liverpool for Belfast, Glasgow and
Philadelphia and the following year she was scrapped in Italy. [North
Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.945]


The FRIESLAND was a 7,116 gross ton ship, length 437ft x beam 51.2ft
(133,19m x 15,60m), clipper stem, one funnel, four masts, single screw and a
speed of 15 knots. There was accommodation for 226-1st, 102-2nd and 600-3rd
class passengers.
Built by J. & G. Thomson, Glasgow for the Red Star Line of Antwerp, she was
launched on 15th Aug.1889. Her maiden voyage from Antwerp to New York
started 7th Dec.1889 and she continued in this service until commencing her
last voyage on 10th Jan.1903. Chartered to the American Line, she started
Liverpool - Philadelphia sailings on 25th Mar.1903 with accommodation for
300-2nd and 600-3rd class passengers. Her last sailing on this route was in
May 1911 and she was then sold to Italian owners, two of her masts removed
and renamed LA PLATA. She was scrapped in 1912. [North Atlantic Seaway by
N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.853]

Hope this helps
Ted


At 01:43 PM 2/6/00, Kathy Witheridge wrote:
>I am now in the possession of three lovely pictures of ships that my family
>came to the US on, which were very kindly sent by some kind person on
>this list.
>
>I would now like to learn a little bit about these ships:
>
>'FRIESLAND' - left Liverpool, England, for Philadelphia on Nov 21, 1910
>'WESTERNLAND' - left Liverpool, England for Philadelphia on May 5, 1904
>'HAVERFORD' - left Liverpool, England for Philadelphia on Oct 19, 1914
>
>Can anyone assist me? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>Kind regards
>Kathy Witheridge
>Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
>
>



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