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Name: LAKE MANITOBA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/06/1901
Completed: 09/1901
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 263
Dimensions: 9674grt, 6275nrt, 469.5 x 56.2 x 31.9ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 64 x 45ins), 832nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113497
History:
11/09/1901 Beaver Line (Elder Dempster & Co), Liverpool
1903 Canadian Pacific Railway Co, Liverpool
1916 Canadian Pacific Railway Ocean Lines, Liverpool
1918 Bishop Navigation Co Ltd, Montreal; renamed IVER HEATH
1921 Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal
1923 Crete Shipping Co Ltd (Stelp & Leighton), London
Q1/1924 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for 122 x 1st, 130 x 2nd & 500 x 3rd Class passengers
Built for the Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal service
26/08/1918: Gutted by fire at Montreal, scuttled, raised and repaired
Q1/1924: Broken up at Bremen


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 07/06/1901