shipping line founded in 1871 . for the red star line founded in 1818 by byrnes trimble & co see robert kermit red star line . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message red star line former type joint venture industry shipping transportation successor holland america line founded 1871 1871 defunct 1935 area served transatlantic website www.redstarline.org the red star line was an ocean passenger line founded in 1871 as a joint venture between the international navigation company of philadelphia which also ran the american line and the soci t anonyme de navigation belgo am ricaine of antwerp belgium . the company s main ports of call were antwerp 1 in belgium liverpool and southampton 1 in the united kingdom and new york city 1 and philadelphia citation needed in the united states . the company operated until 1935 when due to the economic depression it ceased trading . its assets were eventually sold to the holland america line . contents 1 owners 2 heritage 3 ships 4 in popular culture 5 references 5.1 notes 5.2 bibliography 6 external links owners edit the company was founded by clement griscom who led it from its founding until the international mercantile marine co. took it over in 1902 . red star line survived imm s financial crisis in 1915 . in the 1930s red star line was part of arnold bernstein line . 1 heritage edit red star line museum at antwerp the former warehouses of the red star line in antwerp were designated as a landmark and reopened as a museum on 28 september 2013 by the city of antwerp . 2 the main focus of the museum is the travel stories that could be retrieved through relatives of the some two million red star line passengers . 3 4 in the exhibition the visitor follows the travelers tracks from the travel agency in warsaw until their arrival in new york . the museum exhibits works of art depicting the red star line emigrants by the antwerp artist eugeen van mieghem 1875 1930 together with red star line memorabilia from the collection of robert vervoort . 2 5 about a quarter of the some two million red star line migrants were jews largely from eastern europe until the exodus driven by the rise of nazi germany . among them were many famous persons including regular passenger albert einstein . 3 6 on learning of the nazi confiscation of his possessions einstein chose not to return to germany ; his letter resigning from the prussian academy of sciences written on the line s stationery is a part of the museum exhibit . 4 other notable emigrants included the five year old irving berlin . 4 ships edit postcard from the belgenland poster of the belgenland by henri cassiers postcard from the lapland red star line ships had a black funnel with a white band bearing a five pointed red star . 1 the house flag was a white burgee with a red star . 1 some red star ships were given names ending in land . notable red star ships included abbotsford chartered from gourlay brothers dundee in 1874 . adria chartered from the hamburg america line in 1899 . arabic chartered from the white star line from 1926 1929 . belgenland 1878 sold to italy in 1905 and renamed ss venere . belgenland 1914 completed as troopship belgic for white star line . transferred to panama pacific line renamed columbia . berlin chartered from american line for 7 voyages 1895 1898 . cambroman chartered from the dominion line for 4 voyages 1907 . conemaugh was the ss sacrobosso . purchased in 1890 after salvage . 1897 transferred to new york seattle trade 1904 went missing at sea . finland friesland sold to italy in 1911 and renamed la plata . gothland bought in 1908 from white star line renamed from gothic . transferred in 1911 to white star line s australia service and name reverted to gothic . transferred again in 1913 to red star line and name changed to gothland . scrapped in 1913 . kroonland lapland pennland first ship of this name . built at glasgow by j. & g. thomson & co and launched july 12 1870 as the algeria for cunard line . sold to red star line renamed the pennland and refitted in 1881 . went into service for antwerp new york passenger transport in 1889 . scrapped in italy in 1903 . pennland second ship of this name . launched in 1922 1 for american line as ss pittsburgh . sold to red star line in 1935 and renamed pennland . served as allied troop ship in the battle of dakar in 1942 . rhynland sold to italy in 1906 renamed rhyna and scrapped . rusland built as kenilworth in 1872 for american line . purchased in 1877 ran aground on long island on 19 march 1877 subsequently broke in two and declared a total loss . 7 vaderland 1872 . sold to france in 1879 and renamed geographique . vaderland 1900 . renamed southland in 1915 . 1917 torpedoed and sunk off irish coast ; loss of 4 lives . waesland 1880 . built by j. & g. thomson ltd. clydebank glasgow scotland . tonnage 4 752 . dimensions 435 x 42 . single screw 14 knots . compound engines . four masts and one funnel ; passengers 100 first and 1 000 third . re fitted with triple expansion engines in 1890 . vessel was transferred to american line s liverpool philadelphia service in 1895 . lost in collision with houstan steamship harmonides off anglesey in march 1902 . ex russia 1880 . westernland 1884 . built by laird bros. in birkenhead england ; steel hull ; tonnage 5 736 ; 440 feet in length and 47 feet in width ; single screw propeller ; compound engines ; 4 masts and 2 funnels ; speed 14 1 2 knots . an early steamship to be built of steel . she sailed in antwerp belgium to new york service . in 1901 she was transferred to liverpool to philadelphia service for the american line . she was scrapped in 1912 . westernland 1918 launched in 1918 1 for white star line as regina . transferred to red star line in 1930 and renamed westernland . 8 albert einstein traveled to the united states aboard westernland in 1933 and remained after learning nazis had confiscated his possessions . 4 transferred to bernstein red star line of hamburg in 1935 . served as allied troop ship in the battle of dakar in 1940 . 8 zeeland 1865 . bought as ss java from cunard line in 1878 . sold to france in 1889 . zeeland 1901 . launched 1900 and remained at red star until world war i 1914 in popular culture edit the red star lines appear in the mario puzo s the godfather part ii when the young vito corleone arrives in new york . his identification badge is from the red star lines company . the paris football club red star fc are named after the red star line on which the club s founder jules rimet s english housekeeper had travelled . references edit notes edit a b c d e f g h harnack 1938 page 566 a b the red star line museum history . retrieved april 16 2014 . a b the red star line museum in a nutshell . retrieved april 16 2014 . a b c d museum tells of ships that took jews to us . retrieved april 15 2014 . the red star line museum why visit . retrieved april 16 2014 . the red star line museum stories now and then . retrieved april 16 2014 . belgian merchant h o pdf . belgische koopvaardij . retrieved 31 october 2010 . a b ss regina . retrieved april 15 2014 . bibliography edit flayhart william . the american line . new york w. w. norton & company . isbn 0 393 04710 5 . harnack edwin p 1938 1903 . all about ships & shipping 7th ed . . london faber and faber . p. 566 . one foot in america the jewish emigrants of the red star line and eugeen van mieghem . wommelgem . 2009 . isbn 9789085865292 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to red star line . red star line the ultimate resource red star line museum official website the guardian across the atlantic with the red star line in pictures from the red star line museum red star line people on the move in flemish gjenvick gj nvik archives passenger lists from the westbound voyages of the red star line the eugeen van mieghem museum retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title red star line & oldid 743597566 categories defunct shipping companies of the united statestransatlantic shipping companiescompanies based in philadelphiadefunct companies based in pennsylvaniacompanies established in 1871companies disestablished in 1902hidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2010all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2010commons category with local link different than on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisitalianonederlandsnorsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 09 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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