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Canadian Pacific Line (CP)

CP Page 2 - Beaver Line and Allan Line

This page is still under construction!

This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of ships of the Canadian Pacific Line. This page shows the ships transferred from Beaver Line (1903) and Allan Line (1917). Some earlier Allan Line ships are also shown. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. Below the table is a Fleet List in chronological order. There is a table of individual ship histories on the CP Header Page.


Ships on This Page:-
Alsatian - (1914 - 18,481 gt)
Bavarian - (1899-1905 - 10,576gt) Calgarian - (1913 - 17,515 gt) Carthaginian - (1884 - 4,444 gt) Corinthian - (1900 - 6,227 gt) Corsican - (1907 - 11,419 gt)
Empress of France (1) - (1914 - 18,481 gt) Grampian - (1907 - 9,603 gt) Hesperian - (1907-1915 - 10.920 gt) Ionian - (1901 - 8,268 gt) Lake Champlain - (1900-1913 - 7,392 gt) Lake Erie - (1899 - 7,550 gt) Lake Manitoba - (1901 - 9,674 gt) Lake Michigan - (1901 - 8,200 gt) Marloch - (1922-1929 - 10,635 gt) Marvale - (1907 - 11,419 gt) Milwaukee - (1896 - 7,317 gt) Monmouth - (1900 - 4,078 gt) Montcalm (1) - (1897 - 6,981 gt) Monteagle - (1899 - 6,955 gt) Monterey - (1898 - 5,455 gt) Montezuma (1) - (1899 - 7,345 gt) Montfort - (1899 - 7,087 gt) Montreal (1) - (1899 - 8,644 gt) Montrose (1) - (1897 - 5,440 gt) Mount Royal - (1898 - 7,998 gt) Mount Temple - (1901 - 8,790 gt) Pomeranian - (1882 - 4,364 gt) Pretorian - (1901 - 6,508 gt) Ruthenia - (1913-1949 - 7,392 gt) Sardinian - (1875 - 4,349 gt) Scandinavian - (1898 - 12,099 gt) Scotian - (1898 - 10,322 gt) Sicilian - (1899 - 6,224 gt) Tunisian - (1900 - 10,576 gt) Victorian - (1905-1922 - 10,635 gt) Virginian - (1904 - 10,757 gt)

Canadian Pacific Pages:-
CP Header Page
CP - Page 1 - Ocean Liners up to 1914
CP - Page 2 - Ocean Liners transferred from Beaver Line (1903) and Allan Line (1917) - this page!
CP - Page 3 - Ocean Liners 1915-1939
CP - Page 4 - Ocean Liners 1940-1970
CP - Page 5 - West Coast Local Services
CP - Page 6 - East Coast Local Services

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CP Fleet List - Page 2




Beaver Line Fleet List





Monterey - (1898 - 5,455 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1903 wrecked on Little Miquelon, St. Lawrence.




Lake Champlain (Beaver: 1900-1903 - 7,392 gt)
Lake Champlain (CP: 1903-1913)
Ruthenia (CP: 1913-1949)

Lake Champlain was built in 1900 for the Beaver Line. In 1903 she was taken over by Canadian Pacific with the rest of Beaver Line. In 1913, Lake Champlain was renamed Ruthenia. In 1942 she was captured by the Japanese, and renamed Choran Maru. She was recaptured in 1945, and scrapped in the UK in 1949.


Postcard of Lake Champlain leaving Liverpool.




Postcard of Lake Champlain.








Lake Erie (Beaver: 1899-1903 - 7,550 gt)
Lake Erie (CP: 1903-1913)
Tyrolia (CP: 1913-1914)

Lake Erie was built in 1899, and in 1903 taken over by CP with Beaver Line. In 1913 Lake Erie was renamed Tyrolia. In 1914 she was converted to troopship, and then converted into the dummy battleship HMS Centurion. In 1916 she sold to the Admiralty renamed Saxol.


Postcard of Lake Erie.






Montcalm (1) - (1897 - 6,981 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1914 converted to dummy battleship HMS Audacious, 1916 transferred to Leyland Line and then sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co renamed Crenella.





Montezuma (1) (Beaver: 1899-1903 - 7,345 gt)
Montezuma (1) (CP: 1903-1914)

1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1914 converted to dummy battleship HMS Iron Duke, 1915 sold to Admiralty converted to oil tanker, renamed Abadol.








Mount Royal - (1898 - 7,998 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1914 converted to dummy battleship HMS Marlborough, 1916 sold to Admiralty converted to oil tanker renamed Rangol.

Montrose (1) - (1897 - 5,440 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1914 wrecked on Goodwin Sands, Kent.





Montreal (1) - (Beaver: 1899-1903 - 8,644 gt)
Montreal (1) - (CP: 1903-1918)

1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1915 converted to troopship, 1918 sank off River Mersey after collision with White Star Line's Cedric.

Postcard of Montreal (1) in CP service
Scan: Alan Burroughs (whose father sailed on her as a steward in 1914)
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Mount Temple - (1901 - 8,790 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1916 captured and sunk by German raider Moewe in Atlantic.




Lake Manitoba (Beaver: 1901-1903 - 9,674 gt)
Lake Manitoba (CP: 1903-1918 - 9,674 gt)

Lake Manitoba was built in 1901 for Beaver Line. She was taken over by Canadian Pacific with Beaver Line in 1903. She was gutted by fire at Montreal in 1918, and sold to the Bishop Navigation Co, who renamed her Iver Heath.

Postcard of Lake Manitoba.







Montfort - (1899 - 7,087 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1918 torpedoed and sunk off Bishop Rock.

Lake Michigan - (1901 - 8,200 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1918 torpedoed and sunk off Eagle Island.

Milwaukee - (1896 - 7,317 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1918 torpedoed and sunk off Fastnet.

Monmouth - (1900 - 4,078 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1919 sold to Imperial Oil Co., Toronto.

Monteagle - (1899 - 6,955 gt)
1903 taken over with Beaver Line, 1923 renamed Belton, laid up, 1926 scrapped.







Allan Line Fleet List


An Allan Line advertising postcard.






Mongolian







Sardinian - (1875 - 4,349 gt)
1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1920 sold and hulked at Vigo.


Pomeranian - (1882 - 4,364 gt)
1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1918 torpedoed and sunk off Portland Bill; loss of 55 lives.


Carthaginian - (1884 - 4,444 gt)
1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1917 mined and sunk off Innistrahull, Ireland.





Bavarian
(1899-1905 - 10,576gt)


Photographic postcard of Bavarian.




Postcard of Bavarian at Liverpool. She was wrecked in 1905.




Kingsway photographic postcard of Bavarian.




Photographic postcard of Bavarian.





Scandinavian - (1898 - 12,099 gt)
1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1923 scrapped.


Scotian (1898 - 10,322 gt)
1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1922 renamed Marglen, 1927 scrapped.

Sicilian - (1899 - 6,224 gt)
1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1923 renamed Bruton, 1925 scrapped.


Corinthian - (1900 - 6,227 gt) 1917
taken over with Allan Line, 1918 wrecken on Brier Island, Bay of Fundy.




Tunisian
(1900 - 10,576 gt)

1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1922 renamed Marburn, 1928 scrapped.


Postcard of Tunisian in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Tunisian in Allan Line service.







Ionian
(1901 - 8,268 gt)

1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1917 mined and sunk off Milford Haven.





Pretorian - (1901 - 6,508 gt)
1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1922 laid up, 1926 scrapped.




Virginian (Allan: 1904-1917 - 10,757 gt)
Virginian (CP: 1917-1920)

Virginian was built in 1904 for the Allan Line. Her sistership was the Victorian. She passed to Canadian Pacific in 1917 with the rest of the Allan Line fleet. Virginian was was sold in 1920 to the Swedish American Line, serving on their Gothenburg-New York route as the Drottningholm. She was re-engined in 1922, and the Holland America Liner Noordam was chartered as Kungsholm (1) in her absence (and for some time afterwards). Home Lines purchased her in 1948, and renamed her Brasil for their Genoa-S.America services. In 1950 she was switched to a Genoa-Naples-Halifax-New York route. In 1951 she was renamed Homeland, and also operated services from Germany. She was sold for scrap in 1955.


An Allan Line official card for the sisters Victorian and Virginian.




Silk postcard of Virginian in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Virginian in Allan Line service.




Advertising postcard of Virginian in Allan Line service.







Victorian (Allan: 1905-1917 - 10,635 gt)
Victorian (CP: 1917-1922)
Marloch (CP: 1905-1922)

Victorian was built for Allan Line in 1905. In 1917 she was taken over by Canadian Pacific with Allan Line. In 1922 Victorian was renamed Marloch. She was scrapped in 1929.


An Allan Line official card for the sisters Victorian and Virginian.




Tuck postcard of Victorian in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Victorian in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Victorian in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Victorian in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Victorian in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Victorian in Allan Line service.




Photographic postcard of Victorian in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Victorian in Canadian Pacific service.




Postcard of Victorian in Canadian Pacific service.




Postcard of Marloch in Canadian Pacific service.







Hesperian
( Allan: 1907-1915 - 10,920 gt)

The Hesperian was built by A.Stephen & Sons, Glasgow in 1907 for the Allan Line. She was a 10,920 gross ton ship, length 485.5ft x beam 60.3ft, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. There was passenger accommodation for 210-1st, 250-2nd and 1,000-3rd class. Launched on 20/12/1907, Hesperian left Glasgow on her maiden voyage to Quebec and Montreal on 25/4/1908. In January 1910 she was chartered to Canadian Pacific and completed a single round voyage between Liverpool and St John NB. On 4/9/1915 she was torpedoed off Fastnet by the German submarine U.20, and on 6th September she sank 130 miles west of Queenstown (Cobh) after unsuccessful attempts to tow her to port.


Photographic postcard of Hesperian.







Grampian - (1907 - 9,603 gt)
1917 taken over with Allan Line, 1921 gutted by fire at Antwerp abandoned to insurers, 1925 scrapped





Corsican (Allan Line: 1907-1917 - 11,419 gt)
Corsican (CP: 1917-1922)
Marvale (CP: 1922-1923)

Built as Corsican in 1907. In 1917 she was taken over by CP with Allan Line. In 1922 Corsican was renamed Marvale, but in 1923 she was wrecked on Cape Pine, NF.


Postcard of Corsican in Allan Line service.




A rather battered postcard of Corsican in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Corsican in Allan Line service.




Postcard of Corsican in Canadian Pacific service.




Postcard of Corsican in Canadian Pacific service.








Calgarian (Allan: 1913-1917 - 17,515 gt)
Calgarian (CP: 1917-1918)

Calgarian was built for Allan Line in 1913 - sister of the Alsatian. She was taken over by Canadian Pacific with Allan Line in 1917. In 1918 Calgarian was torpedoed and sunk off Rathlin Island.


Postcard of Calgarian on trials
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Allan Line postcard of Calgarian.
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Allan Line postcard of Calgarian.
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Allan Line postcard of Alsatian.



Postcard of Calgarian on war service
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Alsatian
(1914 - 18,481 gt)

Built for Allan Line in 1914 as the Alsatian - sister to Calgarian. In 1917 she taken over by Canadian Pacific with Allan Line. In 1919 she was renamed Empress of France (1), 1934 scrapped.


Allan Line postcard of Calgarian.
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Allan Line postcard of Alsatian.



Postcard of Alsatian in Allan Line service.




Canadian Pacific postcard as Empress of France (1), still in Allan colours.




Canadian Pacific postcard as Empress of France (1).




Later Canadian Pacific postcard as Empress of France (1).







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