S.S. Santa Marta

S.S. Santa Marta

S.S. Santa Marta

A sister ship to the Metapan, the Santa Marta was built by Workman, Clark & Co., Belfast, Ireland in 1909 for the United Fruit Steamship Company but flying the British flag until after the outbreak of World War I. With a displacement 4,601 gross tons, she was 378 feet long and 50 feet wide and had two masts and one funnel. Her triple expansion steam engine and single screw provided a service speed of 14 knots. She worked the New York-Jamaica-Cuba-Central America service and was scrapped at Baltimore, Maryland in 1948.

S.S. Santa Marta Handstamp

Reverse of post card addressed to Detroit, Michigan with handstamp from S.S. Santa Marta dated ?,
1921(?) used to cancel one penny "Arawak Woman Preparing Cassava" Jamaican Definitive of 1921

S.S. Santa Marta Handstamp

Post card "Greetings from Jamaica General View New Castle"

Sources

Swiggum, S. and M. Kohli. "United Fruit Company." The Ships List. 23 Nov. 2006. Web. 20 Nov. 2022.
www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/ufruit.shtml.

"Ellis Island Ship List." The Knapp Database. nd. Web. 1 Dec. 2022
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~knappdb/genealogy/ships_S.htm.

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