Vaderland

Red Star Line

Length:	560 ft.
Breadth:	60 ft.
Draft (or Depth):
Tonnage:	11,899 (gross)
Engines:	2 quadruple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	15 knots
Builder:	John Brown & Co., Glasgow, Scotland, (Yard No. 341)
Launched:	July 12, 1900
Maiden Voyage:	December 8, 1900
Disposition:	June 4, 1917 - Torpedoed and sunk.
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Antwerp, Belgium Flag of Registry: Belgian Funnel color: Black; white band bearing a five-pointed red star Company flag: White burgee with a red star Signal Letters: Wireless call letters: M V D Details: Two funnels; four masts; twin screws; accommodation: 342 first class, 194 second class, 626 third class, 121 crew

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

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

Data:

July 12, 1900

Launched by John Brown & Company, Glasgow, Scotland (Yard No. 341), for the Red Star Line.

December 8, 1900

Maiden voyage: Antwerp - Southampton - New York.

September 3, 1914

Upon her arrival at New York following the outbreak of war, Vaderland was placed in White Star Line's service, making her first trip to Southampton.

1915

Requisitioned for use as a troopship. Renamed Southland.

September 2, 1914

Torpedoed by UB-14 approximately 30 nautical miles from Lemnos, in the Aegean Sea. The vessel was beached on Lemnos. The ship later made her way to Mudros where she was repaired.

August 1916

Transferred to White Star-Dominion service from Liverpool to Canada.

June 4, 1917

Torpedoed twice and sunk by U-70 140 nautical miles northwest of Tory Island, off the coast of Ireland, claiming four lives.

Image Courtesy: Jeff Newman and greatships.net