S. S. Finland

Orans Family

Clara Orans made her trip to to join her other sons in America with daughter, Fonia, and son, Emil on the S. S. Finland of the Red Star Line. They arrived in New York on March 8, 1911.

"The American Red Star Liner "Finland" in New York Harbor off the Statue of Liberty 1906"
by Antonio Nicolo Gasparo-Jacobsen.

S. S. FINLAND
From: Arnold Kludas, Die grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt; Eine Dokumentation, Bd. 1: 1858-1912 (2nd ed., c1972), pp. 84-85 (photograph); N. R. P. Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway, vol. 2 (1978), p. 856:
"The "Finland" was a 12,760 ton vessel built in 1902 by W.Cramp & sons of Philadelphia for the Red Star Line. Her dimensions were 560ft x 60.2ft and she had a straight stem, two funnels and four masts, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. There was accommodation for 342 1st, 194 2nd and 626 3rd class passengers. She sailed under the American flag between New York and Antwerp until 1909 when she was transferred to the Belgian flag. In March 1909 she was used on the Naples - NY service by the White Star Line until June of that year. In 1912 she reverted to the US flag and was employed between Antwerp and NY until 1914 when she went on the NY - Naples - Piraeus run. In 1915 she was used by Panama Pacific Line between NY - Panama - San Francisco and later the same year for the American Line between NY - Falmouth - London. In 1916 employed by the same company on their NY - Liverpool run. When America entered the war in 1917 she was taken over as a US troopship until torpedoed 150 miles from the French coast. She reached St Nazaire where she was repaired. In 1919 she was altered to accommodate 242 1st, 310 2nd and 876 3rd class passengers and was employed between NY - Southampton and Antwerp for Red Star Line. In 1923 she was used again by American Line for their NY - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Hamburg. In 1923 transferred again to Panama Pacific Line for the NY - San Francisco service. Finally scrapped in 1928 at Blyth. The history of the Red Star Line is extremely complicated as they ran ships under three different flags (American, British and Belgian) and they transferred vessels continually between flags, different services and chartered to other companies."
Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 11 July 1997

"The steamship FINLAND was built for the Red Star Line by W. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia (ship #312), and launched on 21 June 1902. 12,760 tons; 182,9 x 18,3 meters (length x breadth); 2 funnels, 4 masts; twin-screw propulsion (triple-expansion engines), service speed 15 knots; accommodation for 343 passengers in 1st class, 194 in 2nd class, and 1,000 in steerage. 4 October 1910, maiden voyage, New York-Antwerp (U.S. flag). By January 1909, first voyage, Antwerp-New York (Belgian flag). 6 March-5 June 1909, 3 roundtrip voyages for the White Star Line (charter), Naples-New York. 21 January 1912-8 August 1914, Antwerp-New York (U.S. flag). 22 August 1914, first of 2 roundtrip voyages, New York-Liverpool. 21 November 1914, first voyage, New York-Naples-Piraeus. 24 March 1915, last voyage, Genoa- Naples-New York (3 roundtrip voyages). 30 April-October 1915, for the Panama Pacific Line (charter), New York-Panama Canal-San Francisco. 26 October 1915, first of 2 roundtrip voyages for the American Line (charter), New York-Falmouth-London. 19 January 1916-18 February 1917, 11 roundtrip voyages for the American Line (charter), New York-Liverpool. 1917, U.S. troopship. 28 October 1917, torpedoed 150 miles off the French coast; reached St. Nazaire; repaired. 1919, returned to the Red Star Line; passenger accommodation altered to 242 in 1st class, 310 in 2nd class, 876 in 3rd class. 28 April 1920-22 March 1923, resumed Antwerp-Southampton- New York service. April 1923, sold to the American Line. 1 June 1923-23 September 1923, 4 roundtrip voyages, New York-Plymouth-Cherbourg-Hamburg (cabin and 3rd class only). November 1923, sold to the Panama Pacific Line. 1 November 1923, first voyage, New York-San Francisco. February 1928, sold to Hughes, Bolckow; scrapped at Blyth."
Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 4 August 1998

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