SS Canada (1896)

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History
United Kingdom
NameSS Canada
NamesakeCanada
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast
Launched14 May 1896[1]
In service1896
Fatebroken up in Italy, 1926
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Displacement9,413 long tons (9,564 t)
Length514 ft (157 m)
Beam58 ft (18 m)
PropulsionTwin screw, triple expansion engines
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

SS Canada was a British Dominion Line passenger liner remembered as the first twin-screw steamship operating between Liverpool and Montreal. She was used as a troopship during the Boer War from 1899 to 1902 and again during World War I from 1914 to 1918.[2]

Citations[]

  1. ^ "Launches and Trial Trips: Launch–Irish.: Canada". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 18. June 1896. p. 129. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ Emmons, Frederick (1972). The Atlantic Liners. New York: Bonanza Books. p. 32.

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