SS Gothic (1893)
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The Gothland was a 1893 finished steamboat, as the Gothic for the White Star Line was first in the service and was used from 1908 to 1926 as Gothland of the Red Star Line transatlantic passenger traffic from Antwerp to New York.
History
The ship was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast as a passenger and cargo steamer with room for 104 passengers and 114 third class first for the London - New Zealand service of the White Star Line. It ran on 28 June 1893 by the stack and was first baptized in the name of Gothic. The 149.56 meters long and 16.21 meters wide, the ship had a chimney, four masts, twin propellers and three decks. The survey ship was 7755 GRT, 6644 tons below deck and 4975 NRT. It was powered with, also built at Harland & Wolff six-cylinder steam engines with vertical triple expansion, which contributed a nominal output of 700 horsepower ( nhp ) and a top speed of 14 knots ( 25.9 km / h ) guaranteed. On December 28, 1893 put the Gothic in London from her maiden voyage to Wellington via Cape Town. In June 1906, she was placed and flooded after the charge wool had caught fire at Plymouth due.
1908, the Gothic was purchased from a sitting to Antwerp shipping company Red Star Line, which they renamed Gothland. The ship was now under the Belgian flag. Red Star saw the Gothland mainly for the rain emigrant traffic in front, so that the passenger accommodation has been set up so that a total of 1800 travelers could be accommodated in four cabins. On 11 July 1908, the Gothland ran for the first time from the new owners from Antwerp to New York. On this route they remained in the following years. On May 6, 1911, was an exception, as the Gothland was used for a crossing from Hamburg via Antwerp to Quebec and Montreal.
From 1911 to 1913, the steamer was temporarily re-used by the White Star Line under the name Gothic for passenger traffic of the UK to Australia and New Zealand. On April 23, 1913, the ship sailed again as Gothland for Red Star from Antwerp to New York. On June 23, 1914, the Gothland stranded on the Gunnar Rocks at the Isles of Scilly and three days later was towed to the repair to Southampton. During the First World War the ship made several trips to the transport of relief supplies for the Commission for Belgian Relief from New York to Falmouth and Rotterdam. On April 20, 1916, she put into New York from the first of these trips.
On May 6, 1919, the Gothland was back on the Antwerp - New York, but at first only as a cargo ship. Only from the August 7, 1920 passengers were transported again. In March 1925 graduated from the now 32 -year-old ship 's last voyage from Antwerp to Philadelphia. After the Gothland was sold in November 1925 crash, it was the following year scrapped at Bo'ness (Scotland).