| Name: | MONTFORT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/02/1899 |
| Completed: | 04/1899 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 739 |
| Dimensions: | 7087grt, 3555nrt, 445.0 x 52.2 x 27.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (26, 43 & 70 x 45ins), 731nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 110568 |
| History: | |
| 21/04/1899 | Elder Dempster & Co, Liverpool |
| 1900 | Elder Dempster Shipping Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1903 | Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Liverpool |
| 1915 | Managers became Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ltd |
| 01/10/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | 01/10/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U55, 170 miles WxS of Bishop Rock |
| On a voyage from London to Montreal carrying general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 29/04/1899