SS Zeeland (1900)
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SS Zeeland was a British and Belgian ocean liner of the International Mercantile Marine Co. (IMM). She was a sister ship to Vaderland and a near sister ship to Kroonland and Finland of the same company. Although her name was Dutch, it was changed during World War I to the less German-sounding SS Northland. She served for a time as a British troop ship under the name HMT Northland. Reverting to Zeeland after the war, the ship was renamed SS Minnesota late in her career. Zeeland sailed primarily for IMM's Red Star Line for most of her early career, but also sailed under charter for the White Star Line (later White Star-Dominion), the International Navigation Company, the American Line, and the Atlantic Transport Line, all IMM subsidiary lines. The pursers safe survived the scrapyard at Inverkeithing and after residing in a wardrobe for 80 years is currently on display in a local private home.[citation needed]
SS Zeeland | |
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Owner | International Mercantile Marine Co. |
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Builder | John Brown & Company Clydebank |
Launched | 24 November 1900 |
Maiden voyage | Antwerp–New York, 13 April 1901 |
Fate | Scrapped at Thos. W. Ward Inverkeithing, 1930 |
General characteristics H.M.T. Southland | |
Type | Passenger Cargo Vessel |
Tonnage | 11,905 GRT |
Length | 561.6 ft (171.2 m) |
Beam | 60.2 ft (18.3 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
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Crew | 121 |
Notes | two funnels, four masts |