Samland

Built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, USA, 1903. 7,913 gross tons; 490 (bp) feet long; 58 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 13 knots. Built for Atlantic Transport Line, British flag, in 1903 and named Mississippi. London-Baltimore and later Antwerp-New York service. Transferred to Red Star Line, British flag, in 1906 and renamed Samland. Antwerp-New York and Antwerp-Philadelphia service.

Transferred to White Star and Dominion Lines, in 1911 and renamed Belgic. Returned to Red Star Line, British flag, in 1913 and renamed Samland. Reduced to a freighter in 1914. Scrapped in 1931.



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