VICTORIA / MANITOU / POLAND / NATALE

BUILT IN 1898 IN WEST HARTLEPOOL BY FURNESS WITHY & CO, AND LAUNCHED AS THE VICTORIA FOR WILSON / FURNESS / LEYLAND LINE. IN 1898 SHE WAS SOLD TO ATLANTIC TRANSPORT CO, SHE DID ONE TRIP FOR THEM  AND WAS THEN RE-NAMED MANITOU. IN 1902 SHE WAS USED ON THE RED STAR LINE RUN FROM BELGIUM TO THE U.S, HAVING BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE IMMC. IN 1920 SHE WAS RE-NAMED POLAND FOR THE RED STAR LINE, BUT WAS STILL REALLY ATLANTIC TRANSPORT VESSEL ( BEAR IN MIND THE  IMMC / INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE COMPANY RAN A LOT OF COMPANIES, ATLANTIC TRANSPORT, WHITE STAR , RED STAR ) IN 1922 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WHITE STAR LINE. SHE COMPLETED ONLY THREE TRIPS FOR THEM AND IN 1925 AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF LAYING UP SHE WAS RE-NAMED NATALE FOR THE VOYAGE TO THE BREAKERS YARD IN ITALY.