Menominee

Red Star Line

Length:	475 ft.
Breadth:	52 ft.
Draft (or Depth):
Tonnage:	6,919 (gross)
Engines:	triple expansion engine by builder with cylinders of 32", 54", and 90" diameter, stroke 66"; 770 n.h.p.
Speed:	13 knots
Builder:	Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland, (Yard No. 372)
Launched:	August 3, 1897
Maiden Voyage:	October 8, 1897
Disposition:	1926 - Scrapped
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Antwerp, Belgium Flag of Registry: Belgian Funnel color: Black; white band. Company flag: White swallow-tail pennant with a red star Signal Letters: Wireless call letters: M N E Details: Single screw; official number 108319

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

Mentioned during testimony of Gerhard Apfeld - Marine Superintendent of the Red Star Line.

Data:

August 3, 1897

Launched as Alexandra for Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line.

October 8, 1897

Maiden voyage: Glasgow - New York .

1898

Sold to Atlantic Transport Line. Made one crossing before being renamed Menominee.

September 7, 1905

Entered Red Star Line service. Antwerp - Boston - Philadelphia route.

1914

Following the German occupation of Belgium the vessel shifted to London - New York sailings.

1915

Requisitioned as a British transport during World War I.

1920

Returned to Atlantic Transport Line and utilized as a cargo carrier.

1926

Scrapped.

Courtesy: Mark Baber, Jeff Newman and greatships.net.