GOTHIC ( 1st ) / GOTHLAND

BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF FOR THE  WHITE STAR / SHAW SAVILL & ALBION JOINT SERVICE FROM LONDON TO NEW ZEALAND.

SHE SAILED ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO WELLINGTON  VIA CAPETOWN IN 1893.

SHE CAUGHT FIRE IN 1906 ( SHE WAS CARRYING A CARGO OF WOOL AND FLAX ) AND WAS BEACHED IN PLYMOUTH. SHE HAD MAJOR DAMAGE  TO HER FIRST CLASS ACCOMODATION.

 SHE WAS CONVERTED TO AN EMIGRANT SHIP IN 1908 AND PURCHASED BY THE RED STAR LINE AND RE-NAMED  'GOTHLAND' WHO REGISTERED HER UNDER THE BELGIUM FLAG

IN THE YEARS 1911 TO 1913 SHE WAS BACK WITH WHITE STAR UNDER HER ORIGINAL NAME OF 'GOTHIC' AND WAS USED ON THE UK TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND TRADE.

IN 1913 SHE WENT BACK TO THE RED STAR LINE UNDER THE NAME 'GOTHLAND' AND WAS PUT ON THE ANTWERP TO NEW YORK RUN.

1914 SAW HER STRANDED ON THE GUNNER ROCKS BUT SHE WAS TOWED OFF SUCCESSFULLY AND REPAIRED.

SHE WAS SOLD IN 1925  BUT WAS SCRAPPED THE FOLLOWING YEAR.