SS Zeeland (1900)

SS Zeeland
History
Name	1901: SS Zeeland 1915: SS Northland 1920: SS Zeeland 1927: SS Minnesota
Owner	International Mercantile Marine Co.
Operator	1901: Red Star Line 1910: White Star Line 1911: Red Star Line 1914: White Star Line-Dominion 1915: International Navigation Co. 1916: White Star Line-Dominion 1919: American Line 1920: Atlantic Transport Line
Port of registry	1901:  United Kingdom 1912:  Belgium 1914:  United Kingdom
Route	1901: Antwerp–Dover–New York 1910: Liverpool–Boston 1911: Antwerp–Dover–New York 1914: Liverpool–Quebec–Montreal 1915: Liverpool–Halifax–Portland 1917: Liverpool–Halifax 1919: Liverpool–Philadelphia 1920: Antwerp–Southampton–New York rerouted to Boston and passengers bused to New York, after quarantine due to outbreak on ship. 1927: London–New York
Builder	John Brown & Company Clydebank
Yard number	342
Launched	24 November 1900
Maiden voyage	Antwerp–New York, 13 April 1901
Fate	Scrapped at Thos. W. Ward Inverkeithing, 1930
General characteristics H.M.T. Southland
Type	Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage	11,905 GRT
Length	561.6 ft (171.2 m)
Beam	60.2 ft (18.3 m)
Propulsion	two quadruple-expansion steam engines twin screw propellers
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity	Passengers (as built): 342 first class 194 second class 626 third class
Crew	121
Notes	two funnels, four masts

SS Zeeland was a British and Belgian ocean liner of the International Mercantile Marine Co. (IMM). She was a sister ship to Vaderland and a near sister ship to Kroonland and Finland of the same company. Although her name was Dutch, it was changed during World War I to the less German-sounding SS Northland. She served for a time as a British troop ship under the name HMT Northland. Reverting to Zeeland after the war, the ship was renamed SS Minnesota late in her career. Zeeland sailed primarily for IMM's Red Star Line for most of her early career, but also sailed under charter for the White Star Line (later White Star-Dominion), the International Navigation Company, the American Line, and the Atlantic Transport Line, all IMM subsidiary lines. The pursers safe survived the scrapyard at Inverkeithing and after residing in a wardrobe for 80 years is currently on display in a local private home.^{[citation needed]}