Hesperian (1908)

Builder:
Alexander Stephen & Sons
Glasgow, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1908
Launched:
December 20, 1907
Type:
Passenger/Cargo (refrigerated)
Completed:
April 1908
Fate:
Sunk Sept. 6, 1915 after being torpedoed Sept. 4 by SMS U-20.

Location: North Atlantic, 188 miles west of Land's End, England.
(50.03N - 10.10W)

32 passengers and crew killed, survivors picked up by Royal Navy ships and landed at
Queenstown, Ireland.
(Roll of Honour)


Owner
Montreal Ocean Steamship Company
(Allan Line)
Montreal, Canada


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
485' 5"
Engines:
2 steam turbines
Beam:
60' 3"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
30' (depth)
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
9,599 (a)
HP:
N/A
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
15 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
1,460
Masts:
2
Construction notes
(a):
Reregistered at 10, 920 GRT.


Captains
From
To
Name
N/A
Sept. 6, 1915
William O. Main


History
Apr. 25, 1908:
Maiden Voyage Glasgow - Quebec - Montreal.
Jan. 1910:
Chartered by Canadian Pacific for one voyage Liverpool to St. John's, Newfoundland.
Sept. 4, 1915:
Torpedoed by SMS U-20.
Sept. 6, 1915:
Sank in tow.
Notes
The body of a victim of the Lusitania, Mrs. George W. Stephens, that was being returned to
the U.S.A. was lost in Hesperian.

In 1911 the Allen Line merged with Canadian Pacific and became Canadian Pacific Ocean
Services Ltd., however it was not officially announced until 1917.


Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 5, 2010