SS Canada (1896)

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	UK official number 106806 code letters PLMN by 1913: call sign MCF
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	514 ft (157 m) overall [ citation needed ] 500.4 ft (152.5 m) registered
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	Passengers: 1896: 200 × 1st class; 200 × 2nd class; 800 × 3rd class 1919: 463 × cabin class; 755 × 3rd class

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 April 1912, Canada's Captain claimed he was in the same ice field as RMS Titanic , ignored wireless warnings, and maintained her full speed.^{[ clarification needed ]}

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

1. "Launch—Irish". The Marine Engineer. Vol. XVIII. London. June 1896. p. 129 – via Internet Archive.
2. "SS Canada Archival Collection". GG Archives.
3. Emmons 1972, p. 32.
4. Haws 1979, p. 148.
5. "Canada". Titanic Inquiry Project.
6. "Canada". Shipping and Shipbuilding. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust.

Bibliography

• 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

• Media related to Canada (ship, 1896) at Wikimedia Commons