Her details were - length 435.1ft x beam 41.9ft, clipper stem, one funnel, four masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 14 knots.

There was accommodation for 120-1st and 1,500-3rd class passengers. Launched on 20/3/1867 as the "Russia" for the Cunard Line, she was purchased by the Red Star Line of Antwerp in 1880, lengthened from 358ft to 435.1ft, fitted with compound engines by the builders, and renamed "Waesland".
On 6/12/1880 she commenced her first voyage for these owners, when she sailed from Antwerp for New York. In 1889 she was fitted with triple-expansion engines by the builders and on 17/8/1895 started her last Antwerp - New York voyage.

On 11/9/1895 she started Philadelphia - Liverpool crossings under charter to the American Line, with accommodation for 120-2nd and 1,500-3rd class passengers.

She was sunk in collision with the British ship "Harmonides" off Anglesey on 5th March 1902; with the loss of 2 lives.

[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2, p.852] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch 25 March 1998]