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HAVERFORD

BUILT IN GLASGOW IN 1901 FOR THE AMERICAN LINE.AFTER ONE VOYAGE WAS CHARTERED TO THE RED STAR LINE AND SAILED UNDER THE BELGIUM FLAG ON THE ANTWERP TO NEW YORK RUN. IN 1902 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE AMERICAN LINE. 1908 SAW HER CHARTERED TO THE DOMINION LINE. BETWEEN 1915 AND 1916 SHE SERVED AS A TROOP SHIP. SHE WAS TORPEDOED IN 1917, WITH THE LOST OF EIGHT LIVES, BUT WAS BEACHED AND SURVIVED, SHE WAS PUT OUT OF SERVICE FOR SIX MONTHS. SHE WAS ATTACKED IN 1918 AGAIN BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, BUT THE ATTACK FAILED AND SHE SURVIVED AGAIN. SHE WAS OBTAINED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1921. SHE DID HER LAST VOYAGE FOR WHITE STAR IN 1924 AND WAS SCRAPPED IN ITALY IN 1925.

 

 

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