The WASELAND was a 4,752 gross ton ship, built by J &
G Thomason, Glasgow in 1867. Her details were - length 435.1ft x beam 41.9ft.,
clipper stem, one funnel, four masts, iron construction, sincle screw and
a speed of 14 knots. There was accomodation for 120 lst class and 1,500
third class passengers. Launched on March 20, 1967 as the Russia
for the Cunard Line, she was purchased by the Red Star Line of Antwerp
in 1880, lengthened from 358 ft. to 435.1 ft., fitted with compound engines
by the builders, and renamed Waseland. On December 6, 1880
she commenced her first voyage for these owners when she sailed from Antwerp
for New York. In 1889 she was fitted with triple-expansion engines. In
1895 she started Philadelphia - Liverpool crossings under charter to the
American line. She was sunk in a collision with the British ship "Harmonides"
off Anglesely on March 5, 1902 with the loss of 2 lives.
Music Playing:"The Fair, March and Two Step" by Grace
M. Bolen (1898).
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