SS Belgenland was a transatlantic ocean liner and cruise ship that was launched in Belfast, Ireland in 1914 and scrapped in Scotland in 1936. She was renamed Belgic in 1917, reverted to Belgenland in 1923, and renamed Columbia in 1935.
Painting of Belgenland in 1931 by Alfred J Jansen
Belgic as completed in 1917, with only two funnels and minimal superstructure
Belgenland being fitted out in Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast during the First World War
Women in American Red Cross uniform by the North River in New York on 16 January 1919, waving US and Red Cross flags to greet 3,627 troops aboard Belgic as she comes into port. The ship is as completed in 1917, with two funnels and three masts. White Star Line is operating her, but her funnels seem to be in Red Star Line colours of black with a white band.
International Mercantile Marine Company
The International Mercantile Marine Company, originally the International Navigation Company, was a trust formed in the early twentieth century as an attempt by J.P. Morgan to monopolize the shipping trade.
International Mercantile Marine Company
John Pierpont Morgan, founder and owner of the IMM Co.
The Regina sailed for the Dominion Line and White Star Line before being transferred to the Red Star Line under the name of Westernland.
The IMM company vice president released a statement following the sinking of the RMS Titanic, assuring that despite the lack of communication from the ship, she was "unsinkable".