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Name: MONTREAL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/04/1900
Completed: 07/1900
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 252
Dimensions: 6870grt, 5552nrt, 461.5 x 52.1 x 31.9ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (22, 37 & 61 x 48ins), 702nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113373
History:
07/1900 British & African Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co), Liverpool
1903 Canadian Pacific Railway Co, Liverpool
1916 Canadian Pacific Railway Ocean Lines, Liverpool
30/01/1918 Sank
Comments: 29/01/1918: Badly damaged in a collision with CEDRIC
30/01/1918: Sank while under tow to Liverpool, 27 miles NxW of the Bar Light Vessel
She was on a voyage from Liverpool to St John NB carrying soda ash & general cargo


Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 30/04/1900