Empress of Britain (1906) |
Later names |
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Montroyal (1924) |
Owner: |
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. London, England |
Builder: |
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Govan, Scotland |
Ordered: |
1905 |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
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Year Built: |
1906 |
Launched: |
November 11, 1905 |
Sister Ships: |
Empress of Ireland |
Maiden Voyage: |
May 5, 1906 |
Fate: |
Scrapped in 1930 by the Stavanger Shipbreaking Co. Stavanger, Norway. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
570' |
Engines: |
2 quadruple expansion |
Beam: |
65' 6" |
Boilers: |
N/A (coal fired) |
Draft: |
36' 7" (depth) |
Shafts: |
2 |
Gross Tons: |
14,189 |
HP: |
18,500 |
Displacement: |
N/A |
Speed: |
18 knots |
Crew: |
400 |
Funnels: |
2 |
Passengers: |
1,580 (a) |
Masts: |
2 |
Construction notes: |
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(a): |
1,400 after 1924. |
History: |
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May 5, 1906 |
Maiden voyage Liverpool - Quebec. |
1906-1914: |
Quebec - Liverpool route. |
July 22, 1912: |
Collided with and sank the SS Helvetia off Cape Magdaleine, Canada. |
1914: |
Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an armed merchant cruiser. |
May 1915: |
Converted into a troopship. |
Dec. 12, 1915: |
Collided with and sank an unknown Greek steamer in the Straits of Gibraltar. |
March 1919: |
One round trip Liverpool - St. Johns, New Brunswick. |
Aug. 1919: |
Refit at Fairfield, converted to oil burning. |
Sept. 1, 1920: |
Returned to commercial service on Quebec - Liverpool route. |
Oct. 1922: |
Southampton - Cherbourg - Quebec route. |
1924: |
Refit to carry 600 cabin and 800 tourist class passengers. Renamed Montroyal. |
Apr. 19, 1924: |
Returned to Southampton - Quebec route. |
1926: |
Refit to carry to cabin, tourist and 3rd class passengers. Tonnage increased to 15,646 GRT. |
1927: |
Antwerp - Southampton - Cherbourg - Quebec route. |
Sept. 9, 1927: |
Final Antwerp - Southampton - Cherbourg - Quebec voyage. |
Sept. 1927: |
Withdrawn from service and laid up |
June 17, 1930: |
Sold to Stavanger Shipbreaking Co. Stavanger, Norway and scrapped. |
Notes: |
Made 190 transatlantic crossings. |
Fittings from the lounge were bought by the Sola Strand Hotel in Stavanger and rebuilt it as the Montroyal Ballroom in the hotel. The building now houses the Norwegian School for Hotel Management. |
Page revised Aug. 7, 2007 |