(Europe, 1871–1914)

SS Switzerland

Irish–Danish–German Heritage

The SS Switzerland of the Red Star Line was built in 1874.

Relevant route:

Antwerp, Belgium
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Relevant passengers:

Andreas Barthmann [Andrew Barthman]
Anna Margaretha (Barthmann) Harder [Margret Anna Harder]
Erhard Barthmann [Erhardt Barthman]
Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthmann [Sabina Barthman]

SS *Switzerland* history
Ship name	Dates	Line	Country	End
Sources: Data from: The Ships List, s.v. “Switzerland / Sansone 1874,” http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsSS.shtml. S/S Switzerland – Red Star Line, Norway–Heritage, http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=switz. S.S. Switzerland, The Lena Web, http://www.thelenaweb.com/ssswitzerland.htm (includes pictures).
SS Switzerland	1874–1905	Red Star Line	USA–Belgium	sold and renamed, 1905
SS Sansone	1905–1909	[Unknown]	Italy	scrapped, 1909

SS *Switzerland* statistics
Sources: Data from: American Shipmasters’ Association 1885, 924. Lloyd’s 1878, 691.
Tonnage	Net tons: 2,104
	Gross tons: 2,816
	Under-deck tons: 2,806
Length	329.4 feet
Breadth (beam)	38.6 feet
Depth	30.5 feet
Horsepower	290
Built	1874, Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co., Jarrow [near Newcastle], England, U.K.
Owner	Société Anonyme de Navigation Belge-Américaine
Nation	Belgium
Hailing port	Antwerp

Reference list

American Shipmasters’ Association. 1885. Record of American and Foreign Shipping, New York. New York: American Shipmasters’ Association, https://books.google.com/books?id=jn1RAAAAYAAJ.
Lloyd. 1878. Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping: From 1st July, 1878, to 30th June, 1879. London: Wyman and Sons [London: Gregg Press, 1964], https://books.google.com/books?id=tDQSAAAAYAAJ.