The "Haverford" was an 11,635 gross ton ship, built in 1901 by John Brown and Company, Ltd., Glasgow for the American Line.  Her details were length 531 feet x beam 59.2ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots.  There was accommodation for one hundred and fifty Second Class passengers and one thousand seven hundred Third Class passengers.

Launched on April 5, 1901, she sailed on her maiden voyage under the British flag, from Southampton for Cherbourg and New York on April 9, 1901.  After one voyage, she was chartered to Red Star Line of Antwerp and sailed on September 11, 1901 under the Belgian flag from Antwerp for New York.  She made four round voyages on this service, the last commencing August 3, 1902 and was then returned to the American Line.  In April 1902 she commenced sailing
between Liverpool and Philadelphia and on December 17, 1908 was chartered to
Dominion Line and started sailing between Liverpool, Halifax, and Portland.  On January 21, 1909 she started her second and last voyage on this route and in January 1915
commenced her last Liverpool-Philadelphia run.

Between 1915-1916 she was used as a British transport ship and on June 26, 1917 was
torpedoed by a German submarine off the West coast of Scotland with the loss of eight lives but was beached.  On April 17, 1918 she survived an unsuccessful submarine attack in the North Atlantic and in January 1919 resumed the Liverpool - Philadelphia service.  She made her last voyage on this route for American Line in February 1921, and on April 1, 1921 commenced sailing for White Star Line on the same route.  The seventh and last voyage on this service commenced on November 6, 1921, and on January 18, 1922 she started sailing between Hamburg and New York for American Line.  After three round voyages she went back to White Star's Liverpool - Boston - Philadelphia service on May 16, 1922.  Her final voyage began on August 27, 1924 when she left Liverpool for Belfast, Glasgow and Philadelphia and on the following year she was scrapped in Italy.