Pennland, 1922

Item

Identifier: imm-0250

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1922

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Red Star Line

Builder and location: Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland

Tonnage and dimensions: 16,322 tons; 575' x 67'

Machinery and speed: Triple-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 100; 3rd class: 750

Routes: Antwerp-Southampton-NY

History: Liner sold to Arnold Bernstein's Red Star Line GmbH 1935. Converted to tourist class ship with 538 passengers. Resold to Holland America 1939. Bombed and sunk by German aircraft in Gulf of Athens April 25, 1941 while evacuating British soldiers from Alexa

Legacy record identifier: Pennland1922