| 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: Scuttled at Montreal after being gutted by fire | |
| 09/1918: Refloated by the underwriters | |
| 10/1918: Sold by the underwriters and subsequently repaired as a cargo only vessel | |
| Q1/1924: Broken up at Bremen |
Above photo as LAKE MANITOBA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as LAKE MANITOBA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as IVER HEATH is copyright of the Collection Stad Antwerpen, MAS. Photographer Louis CLAES.
CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return. Image courtesy of Urbain Ureel.
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 07/06/1901