Haverford, White Star Line

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Burden	Built	Shipowner or operator	Dimensions
7,493 gross	1901 at Clydebank by John Brown & Co. Ltd.	White Star Line	531ft x 59ft

Year	Remarks
1901	May 4, launched
1901	Sept. 4, maiden voyage Southampton - Cherbourgh - New York
1901	Nov. 9, first voyage as charter for Red Star Line, Antwerp - New York
1902	Chartered by American Line
1908	Dec. 17, first voyage as charter for Dominion Line
1915	Became British transport ship
1917	June, attacked by submarine off the west coast of Scotland, 8 lives lost
1918	April, attacked by submarine in the North Atlantic
1919	Returned to passenger service
1921	Liverpool - Philadelphia (Int. Mercantile Marine Co ownership)
1921	Apr. 1, first voyage for White Star Line
1922	Liverpool - Philadelphia (Int. Mercantile Marine Co ownership)
1922	Jan. 18, first voyage Hamburg - New York for American Line
1922	May 15, first voyage Liverpool - Boston - Philadelphia for White Star Line
1924	Scrapped in Italy
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges

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