SS Lapland

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History
Name	Lapland
Namesake	Lapland
Owner	Red Star Line (1909–14) International Nav Co (1914–27) Leyland Line (1927–33)
Operator	Red Star Line (1909–14) International Nav Co (1914–27) Leyland Line (1927–33)
Port of registry	Antwerp (1909–14) Liverpool (1927–33)
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	393
Launched	27 June 1908
Completed	27 March 1909
Maiden voyage	10 April 1909
Out of service	1933
Identification	official number 137398 (1914–33) code letters JGFW (until 1933)
Fate	Scrapped at Osaka, 1934
Notes	Hit mine, April 1917
General characteristics
Tonnage	as built: 17,540 GRT by 1930: 18,565 GRT, 11,697 NRT 1931 onward: 18,866 GRT, 11,394 NRT
Length	605.8 ft (184.6 m)
Beam	70.4 ft (21.5 m)
Depth	37.4 ft (11.4 m)
Installed power	2,343 NHP
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	1,500 passengers[clarification needed]
Sensors and processing systems	by 1930: submarine signalling wireless direction finding

SS Lapland was a steam ocean liner built in Ireland for the Belgian Red Star Line, as Red Star's flagship, similar in appearance to the fellow liners SS Samland, SS Gothland and SS Poland, but far larger. She was a half sister to White Star Line's "Big Four." They were similar in many ways, such as the island bridge, 4 masts, 2 funnels. But Lapland had a less luxurious interior.^{[citation needed]}

Her ownership passed to the International Navigation Company in 1914 and the UK Leyland Line in 1927. In the First World War she was converted into a troop ship. In 1933 she was sold to Japanese buyers who scrapped her in 1934.