SS ''Southwark'' was an American

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that was built by

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for the

American Line The American Line was a shipping company founded in 1871 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It began as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, although the railroad got out of the shipping business soon after founding the company. In 1902, it ...

Service history

She was launched in 1893 and initially sailed on American Line's transatlantic route from

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, via Queenstown, to

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. In 1895, ''Southwark'' was sold to the

Red Star Line The Red Star Line was a shipping line founded in 1871 as a joint venture between the International Navigation Company of Philadelphia, which also ran the American Line, and the Société Anonyme de Navigation Belgo-Américaine of Antwerp, Belgiu ...

which employed her on the

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route. In 1903 she was sold to the

Dominion Line The Dominion Line was a trans-atlantic passenger line founded in 1870 as the ''Liverpool & Mississippi Steamship Co.'', with the official name being changed in 1872 to the ''Mississippi & Dominion Steamship Co Ltd.'' The firm was amalgamated in ...

for the Liverpool to Canada route. She was sold to the

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before being scrapped in 1911. Her

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was SS ''Kensington''.

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* * 1893 ships Merchant ships of the United States Passenger ships of the United States {{Merchantship-stub