SS Haverford

History
1920 postcard of SS Haverford

Name:	SS Merion
Owner:	1901–1914: International Navigation Co. 1914–1915: British Admiralty
Operator:	American Line (1901–1921) White Star Line (1920–1925) Red Star Line Dominion Line
Port of registry:	Southampton
Route:	1901-1903: Southampton–New York City 1903–1914: Liverpool–Philadelphia
Builder:	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number:	345
Launched:	4 May 1901
Completed:	1901
Maiden voyage:	Southampton-New York, 4 May 1901
Fate:	scrapped 1925
Notes:	one of the largest ships hit by U-boats in World War I Sister ship: SS Merion
General characteristics
Type:	ocean liner
Tonnage:	11,621 GRT
Length:	161.7 m (530 ft 6 in)
Beam:	18.0 m (59 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × propellers
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Passengers:	150 second-class 1,700 third-class
Armament:	4 x 6 inches (15 cm) guns (as merchant ship, 1914)
Notes:	One funnel; Four masts; Twin screws Identical design to her sister ship: SS Merion

one of the largest ships hit by U-boats in World War I

One funnel; Four masts; Twin screws

SS Haverford was an American transatlantic liner commissioned in 1901 for the American Line. During World War One, Haverford was utilized as a troop transport vessel in the North Atlantic Ocean. Following the war, the White Star Line purchased and recommissioned the ship. She was decommissioned in 1924 and scrapped in 1925.

SS Haverford was constructed by John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Scotland and funded by Clement Griscom Director of the International Navigation Company.

The Haverford and her sister ship, SS Merion are identical in design and named after suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ships were designed for a single passenger classification with accommodations considered equal to first class on other ships. SS Haverford was launched on May 4, 1901, six months prior to SS Merion.

After briefly serving the Southampton to New York route, Haverford was transferred to the Liverpool - Philadelphia route by 1903. The ship also occasionally was used by other lines in the International Mercantile Marine Company serving for the Red Star Line ( Antwerp-New York route) and Dominion Line (Liverpool-Halifax-Portland).

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