S.S. Switzerland

        

The SWITZERLAND was a 2,816 gross ton ship, built by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow-on-Tyne in 1874 for the Red Star Line of Antwerp. Her details were - length 329.4ft x beam 38.6ft, straight stem, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 70-1st and 800-3rd class passengers. Launched on January 17, 1874, she left Antwerp on her maiden voyage to New York on April 24, 1874. In October 1878 she made her first voyage from Antwerp to Philadelphia. Between 1878 and 1884 she sailed between Antwerp and New York or Philadelphia, and between 1884 and 1904 sailed from Antwerp to Philadelphia, except for one New York voyage in each of 1884, 1886, 1888 and 1901. In 1897 she was refitted to carry 3rd class only passengers and on October 26, 1904 commenced her last voyage from Philadelphia to Antwerp. In 1905 she was sold to Italian owners and renamed SANSONE and was scrapped in Italy in 1909. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.851]