Canada

Dominion Line

Length:	500.4 ft.
Breadth:	58.2 ft
Draft (or depth):	38.9 ft
Tonnage:	9,415 tons gross.
Engines:	Triple expansion, 6 cyl. (2) 28.5" (2) 47.5" (2)77"
Speed:	15 knots.
Builder:	Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Ireland (Yard No. 300)
Launched:	May 14, 1896
Maiden Voyage:	October 1, 1896
Disposition:	1926 (Scrapped) Italy.
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Liverpool Flag of Registry: British Funnel color: Red; white band below black top Company flag: Red; blue ball in large white diamond. Signal Letters: P L M N Wireless call letters: M C F Steel hull, one funnel, two masts, twin screws, electric light, wireless.

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

On June 14, 1912 at the British investigation, Canada's captain R. O. Jones testified that he had been in the same ice field as encountered by Titanic on April 14; that he, too, had received ice warning wireless messages, but he ". . kept the Canada going at full speed as he always had done for 20 years."

(Canada was eastbound, Portland, Maine to Liverpool. On April 16 at Liverpool, Capt. Jones reported that on April 10 he had sighted about 10 miles of heavy broken and open field ice, along with several large bergs, in the vicinity of 43.10 N., 49.20 W.)

Data:

May 14, 1896 - Launched.

September 27, 1896 - Sea trials.

October 1, 1896 Maiden voyage, Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal.

December 3, 1896 - First voyage, Liverpool - Boston.

November 1899 - Transport service to South Africa. (Boer War) until autumn 1902.

March 1903 - Liverpool - Halifax - Boston (Tonnage 9,413)

April 1903 - Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal.

1914-1918 - World War transport service.

November 1918 - First post-war voyage, Liverpool - Portland, Maine. (Accommodation: Cabin 463, Third Class 755.)

August 13, 1926 - Last voyage, Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal and return.

Autumn 1926 - Scrapped in Italy.

Courtesy: John. P. Eaton.
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