Cosmopolitan Shipping Company

Cosmopolitan Shipping Company operated cargo and passenger service from New York City to Le Havre France and Antwerp.

Later Cosmopolitan Shipping Company also operated the Southern Cross Line that served the east coast of South America.

[1] Southern Cross Line operated cargo ship with some passenger accommodations.

[2] In 1939 Cosmopolitan Shipping Company lost the America-France Line contract to Southgate Nelson Corporation.

The ship was run by its Cosmopolitan Shipping Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.

SS West Eldara after launch 14 October 1918