Red Star Line is an ocean passenger liner line founded in 1871 as a joint venture, one of the participants of which was the International Navigation Company ( USA ), which served the American Line and the Société Anonyme de Navigation Belgo-Américaine in Antwerp ( Belgium ) [1] Clement Acton Griescom , one of the leaders of the International Navigation Company , entered into an agreement with the Belgian government to establish the Red Star Line to organize Antwerp's mail service with Philadelphia and New York . The new venture ("Red Star Line") provided the bulk of the profits [of the parent company] [ whom? ] over the next 30 years. [2]
| Red star line | |
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| Base | 1871 |
| Abolished | 1934 |
| Founders | The International Navigation Company , which also served the American Line , and Société Anonyme de Navigation Belgo-Américaine |
| Location | |
| Key figures | Clement Griscom |
| Industry | Sea transport |
| Site | |
The main ports of the line were Antwerp [1] in Belgium , Liverpool and Southampton [1] in the UK , New York [1] and Philadelphia in the USA .
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Shipowners
The company was founded by Clement Griscom, who led it from its founding until its inheritance by the International Mercantile Marine Company in 1902 . She got her name from the name of the line - “Red Star Line”.
The company survived the IMM financial crisis in 1915 .
In the 1930s, the Red Star Line was part of the Arnold Bernstein Line . [one]
The company operated until 1934, when it ceased operations due to economic depression.
Red Star Line steamer chimneys and similar chimneys from other companies
Since 1873, the chimneys of Red Star Line's steamboats have been painted black with a white stripe on which a five-pointed red star has been applied.
The color of the pipes of the Red Star Line steamboats since 1873. [one]
The color of the pipes of the Red Star Line steamboats since 1884.
The color of the pipes of the Inman Line steamers, which existed before 1893 and the Red Star Line steamers since 1893.
The color of the pipes of the American Line steamers is a white line at {{subst: stress}} than on the pipes of the steamships of Inman Line and Red Star Line.
Red Star Line Ship List
Below is a list of vessels flying the company’s flag. :
- Abbotsford
- Adria
- Arabic
- Belgenland (1878)
- Belgenland (1914)
- Berlin
- Cambroman
- Conemaugh
- Finland
- Friesland
- Gothland
- Gothic
- Kroonland
- Lapland
- Pennland
- Rhynland
- Rusland
- Vaderland (1872)
- Vaderland (1900)
- Westernland
- Zeeland (1865)
- Zeeland (1901)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harnack, 1938, page 566
- ↑ Gibbs, Charles Robert Vernon. Passenger Liners of the Western Ocean: A Record of Atlantic Steam and Motor Passenger Vessels from 1838 to the Present Day. - John De Graff, 1957.
Literature
- Harnack, Edwin P. All About Ships & Shipping. - 7th. - London: Faber and Faber , 1938 .-- P. 566.