Red Star Line

This article is about shipping line founded in 1871. For the Red Star Line founded in 1818 by Byrnes, Trimble & Co, see Robert Kermit Red Star Line.
Red Star Line
Company typeJoint venture
IndustryShipping, transportation
Founded1871 (1871)
Defunct1935
FateAssets sold
SuccessorHolland America Line
Area served
Transatlantic

The Red Star Line was a shipping line founded in 1871 as a joint venture between the International Navigation Company of Philadelphia, which also ran the American Line, and the Société Anonyme de Navigation Belgo-Américaine of Antwerp, Belgium. The company's main ports of call were Antwerp[1][2] in Belgium, Liverpool and Southampton[1] in the United Kingdom and New York City[1] and Philadelphia[3] in the United States.

  1. ^ a b c Harnack, 1938, page 566
  2. ^ "About the Museum". Red Star Line Museum. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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