[1] By 1834, Robert Kermit already owned St. George, and persuaded Stephen Whitney and Nathaniel Prime to become owners in a new ship, St.
Despite making some highly profitable deals, Kermit, Prime, and Whitney could not keep the Saint Line afloat.
[1] In this period, he commissioned the construction of a few new ships, including West Point (or Westpoint), that finally sailed under the flag of the Red Star Line.
[6] Under Kermit's management, several misadventures and shipwrecks occurred, but in the quality of the ships, and their speed and regularity, the performance of Red Star Line was better than it had been.
[citation needed] In the pressure of hard competition, packet schedules were tightened when reorganizing sailings due to disasters, new launchings, etc.