| SS Rhynland, Red Star Line |
Painting of the SS Rhynland, by Antonio Jacobsen. Dated 1890. The Rhynland was built by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. in 1879 for the Red Star Line. She was a 3,689 gross ton ship, length 402.8ft x beam 40.2ft, one funnel, four masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 14 knots. Accommodation was provided for 150-1st and 1,000-3rd class passengers. Launched on 10/3/1879, she sailed from Antwerp on her maiden voyage to New York on 10/6/1879. On 27/7/1895 she commenced her last voyage on this service and was then chartered to the American Line. In August 1895 she started sailing between Philadelphia and Liverpool and was altered to carry 150-2nd and 1,000-3rd class passengers. On 4/3/1903 she commenced her last voyage on this service and on 29/4/1903 went back to the Red Star Line route from Philadelphia to Antwerp with 3rd class only. She made her last sailing on 28/12/1904 on this route and then resumed sailings between Antwerp and New York. Her last voyage commenced on 22/5/1906 and later the same year she was sold to Italian owners who renamed her "Rhyna". She was scrapped later the same year. One of her more notable passengers was Irving Berlin, listed under his birth name of Israel Beilin. He and his family arrived on the S.S. Rhynland from Antwerp, Belgium (year unknown).
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