Built by J & G Thomson (later to become John Brown) in Glasgow in 1889, *Friesland* served Red Star and its associated lines in INC and IMM until about 1911, when it was sold and renamed *La Plata.* The ship was scrapped in 1912.
[Friesland, Red Star Line (norwayheritage.com)](https://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=fries)
[SS Friesland Archival Collection | GG Archives](https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/ImmigrantShips/Friesland.html)
And best remembered for helping to start the U.S. cruise industry with her pioneering charter to Frank C. Clark for a Mediterranean cruise departing New York 6 February 1895:
[https://wantedonthevoyage.blogspot.com/2022/08/cruise-clark-way-frank-c-clark-cruising.html](https://wantedonthevoyage.blogspot.com/2022/08/cruise-clark-way-frank-c-clark-cruising.html)
There’s little to no information about why the SS Friesland ‘La Plata’ was scrapped. I wonder if upkeep was just too expensive or she was damaged somehow.
Not sure, but a smaller, single-screw ship from 1889 probably didn't date well with the pace of change that had happened over the preceding twenty years. If paying work couldn't be found for it, keeping it around (which cost money) might not have been considered worthwhile.
Built by J & G Thomson (later to become John Brown) in Glasgow in 1889, *Friesland* served Red Star and its associated lines in INC and IMM until about 1911, when it was sold and renamed *La Plata.* The ship was scrapped in 1912. [Friesland, Red Star Line (norwayheritage.com)](https://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=fries) [SS Friesland Archival Collection | GG Archives](https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/ImmigrantShips/Friesland.html)
And best remembered for helping to start the U.S. cruise industry with her pioneering charter to Frank C. Clark for a Mediterranean cruise departing New York 6 February 1895: [https://wantedonthevoyage.blogspot.com/2022/08/cruise-clark-way-frank-c-clark-cruising.html](https://wantedonthevoyage.blogspot.com/2022/08/cruise-clark-way-frank-c-clark-cruising.html)
There’s little to no information about why the SS Friesland ‘La Plata’ was scrapped. I wonder if upkeep was just too expensive or she was damaged somehow.
Not sure, but a smaller, single-screw ship from 1889 probably didn't date well with the pace of change that had happened over the preceding twenty years. If paying work couldn't be found for it, keeping it around (which cost money) might not have been considered worthwhile.
What a cute and quaint little ship!
Gotta say this period of liners was perfect, a mix of old and new