Friesland (1889)

Later Names
La Plata (1911)


Builder:
J & G Thompson
Clydebank, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1889
Launched:
August 15, 1889
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
November 1889
Fate:
Scrapped at Genoa, Italy in 1912.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance
Length:
437'
Engines:
1 three cylinder triple expansion
Beam:
51' 2"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
35' (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
7,116 (a)
HP:
800
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
15 knots
Passengers:
928
   
Notes
(a):
Registered at 6,409 tons after 1894.


Owner
As built:
Societe Anonyme de Navigation Belge-Americaine
(Red Star Line)
Antwerp, Belgium

1911:
Fratelli Cerutti fu A.
Genoa, Italy


Ship's history
Dec. 12, 1889:
Maiden voyage from Antwerp to New York.
1903:
Chartered to the American Steamship Company (American Line) Philadelphia, PA.
Mar. 25, 1903:
First voyage Liverpool to Philadelphia.
1903-05:
Seven voyages Liverpool to Philadelphia.
1911:
Sold to Fratelli Cerutti and renamed La Plata.
1912: Scraped in Genoa, Italy.



Page published June 15, 2020