// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did the SS Canada go to therapy? It had ship loads of issues.
 Postcard of Canada | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Canada |
| Namesake | Canada |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 300 |
| Launched | 14 May 1896 |
| Completed | 26 December 1896 |
| Identification |
|
| Fate | Scrapped in Genoa, 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 8,806 GRT, 5,701 NRT |
| Displacement | 9,413 long tons (9,564 t) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 58.2 ft (17.7 m) |
| Depth | 31.1 ft (9.5 m) |
| Installed power | 2 × triple-expansion engines; 873 NHP |
| Propulsion | 2 × screws |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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SS Canada was a British Dominion Line ocean liner. She was the first twin-screw steamship operating between Liverpool and Montreal. She was launched on 14 May 1896;[1] completed on 26 September; and made her sea trials on 27 September. She began her maiden voyage on 1 October 1896 from Liverpool, via Quebec, to Montreal.[2] She was a troopship in the Second Boer War from November 1899 to Autumn 1902.
In the First World War, Canada was a troopship from 1914 until 1918.[3] Her first voyage after the war was in November 1918, from Liverpool to Portland, Maine.[4] She was refitted with berths for 463 cabin class and 755 third class passengers.[5]In 1921 she was transferred to the Leyland Line of Liverpool. On 29 September 1926, Canada arrived in Genoa, Italy, where she was scrapped by L. Pittaluga.[6]
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Launch—Irish". The Marine Engineer. Vol. XVIII. London. June 1896. p. 129 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "SS Canada Archival Collection". GG Archives.
- ↑ Emmons 1972, p. 32.
- ↑ Haws 1979, p. 148.
- ↑ "Canada". Titanic Inquiry Project.
- ↑ "Canada". Shipping and Shipbuilding. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust.
Bibliography
[edit source]- Emmons, Frederick (1972). The Atlantic Liners 1925–1970. New York: Bonanza Books. ISBN 978-0517209837.
- Haws, Duncan (1979). The Ships of the Cunard, American, Red Star, Inman, Leyland, Dominion, Atlantic Transport and White Star lines. Merchant Fleets in Profile. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 0-85059-324-7.
- Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. Vol. I.–Steamers. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1898 – via Internet Archive.
- The Marconi Press Agency Ltd (1913). The Year Book of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony. London: The St Katherine Press.
External links
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Media related to Canada (ship, 1896) at Wikimedia Commons
