SS Belgenland (1914)

SS Belgenland was a transatlantic ocean liner and cruise ship built by Harland and Wolff at Belfast as yard number 391, ordered in March 1912 by the International Mercantile Marine Company as a new flagship for its Red Star Line. She was launched on 31 December 1914, but the First World War delayed her, and she was completed in 1917 as a cargo ship for White Star Line named Belgic, then converted into a troop ship in 1918. She was finally fitted out as a passenger liner in 1922 and reverted to the name Belgenland in 1923. Measuring 24,547 gross register tons as built, she had three screws driven by a pair of reciprocating steam engines and a low-pressure turbine. From 1924 she made annual round-the-world cruises, pioneering cruise ship visits to destinations including Bangkok and Bali. Renamed Columbia in 1935, she was scrapped in Scotland in 1936.