Russian American Line
The Russian American Line ( Russian Русско-американская линия ) was a Russian shipping company based in Libau , which existed from 1900 to 1917.
history
The Czar , a ship of the Russian American Line
The Russian American Line was founded in 1900 by the Danish trading company Det Østasiatiske Kompagni ( East Asiatic Company ) based in Copenhagen to create a basis for trade between Russia and the Far East . After the Russo-Japanese War , the Holland-America Line acquired large shares in the Russian American Line, which in 1906 led to a joint liner service from Libau via Rotterdam to New York .
After the February Revolution of 1917 , the shipping company ceased its service and the ships were sold, mainly to the Baltic America Line .
Liner services
- 1906–1915 Libau - Rotterdam - New York (occasional stopovers in Copenhagen and Halifax)
- 1912–1914 Libau - Rotterdam - Halifax - New York (occasional stopovers in Copenhagen)
- 1914–1917 Arkhangelsk - Hammerfest - New York
Ships
| year | Surname | tonnage | shipyard | Status / fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 ( 1892 ) | Kovno | 4630 GRT | Harland & Wolff , Belfast | ex Allemannia of HAPAG / 1907 back to HAPAG |
| 1906 ( 1893 ) | Grodno | 4634 GRT | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | ex Albingia of HAPAG / 1907 back to HAPAG |
| 1906 ( 1899 ) | Korea | 6163 GRT | Flensburg shipbuilding company , Flensburg | Sunk in the Atlantic in 1910 |
| 1907 ( 1889 ) | Lituania | 4248 GRT | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | ex Kina of the East Asiatic Company / 1913 sold to Japan , Daiten Maru |
| 1907 ( 1889 ) | Estonia | 4269 GRT | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | ex India (I) of the East Asiatic Company / 1913 burned down and sank off Bur Sudan |
| 1907 ( 1897 ) | Arconia | 4603 GRT | Barclay, Curle and Company , Glasgow | ex Juliette of the shipowner M. Jebsen / 1908 sold to the German Reich , Hittfeld / 1913 Ioannina |
| 1907 ( 1902 ) | Livonia | 5554 GRT | Flensburg shipbuilding company, Flensburg | ex Prins Valdemar of the East Asiatic Company / 1907 returned to the East Asiatic Company, India (II) |
| 1908 ( 1894 ) | Burma | 4595 GRT | Fairfield Shipbuilders , Govan | Renamed Mitawa in 1914 / sold to Polish American Line in 1921, Józef Piłsudski |
| 1908 | Russia | 8596 GRT | Barclay, Curle and Company, Glasgow | Renamed to Rossija in 1917/1921 to Baltic America Line , Latvia / 1924 sold to Japan, Fuso Maru / sunk in 1944 |
| 1910 | Kursk | 7858 GRT | Barclay, Curle and Company, Glasgow | 1921 to Baltic American Line, Polonia / 1930 to Gdynia America Line / 1939 demolition |
| 1912 | Czar | 6503 GRT | Barclay, Curle and Company, Glasgow | 1917 to Cunard Line / 1921 to Baltic America Line, Estonia / 1949 demolition |
| 1913 ( 1897 ) | Dvinsk | 8173 GRT | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | ex Rotterdam of the Holland America Line / 1906 to Scandinavian America Line , CF Tietgen / sunk by U 151 in 1918 |
| 1915 | Czaritza | 6852 GRT | Barclay, Curle and Company, Glasgow | 1921 to Baltic America Line, Lituania / 1950 demolition |
Web links
- The Russian America Linen in The Ships List