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Westernland, 1884

 Item
Identifier: imm-0318
Image of Westernland (1884); mkey 196291

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: 1884

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Vessel Details

Line: Red Star Line

Builder and location: Laird Bros., Birkenhead, England

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,736 tons; 440' x 47'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 14.5 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Routes: Antwerp-NY

History: One of the early steamships to be built of steel. Transferred to the Liverpool-Philadelphia service of the American Line in 1901. Scrapped in 1912.

Legacy record identifier: Westernland1884

Repository Details

Part of the Other Resources Repository

Contact:
Mystic Seaport Museum
112 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic Connecticut 06355 USA
860.572.5367