S.S. Lake Eire, Canadian Pacific Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1899 at Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. 7,550 gross 446ft x 52ft Canadian Pacific Line
Lake Erie, Canadian Pacific Line
S/S Lake Erie
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Lake Erie, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
Canadian Pacific Line steamship Lake Erie
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Chronological History

Year Event
1899 Nov. 21, launched as the Lake Erie for Elder Dempster
1900 Jan. 30, maiden voyage Liverpool - Cape Town as Boer War transport
1902 Used for Beaver Line service
1903 March, taken over by the Canadian Pacific Line
1903 Liverpool → Quebec June 11
1903 Liverpool → Quebec July 16
1903 Liverpool → Quebec Aug. 20
1903 Liverpool → Quebec Sept. 10
1904 Liverpool → Jan. 17. Arrived at <B>St. Johns</B>.
1904 Liverpool → Quebec June 17
1905 Liverpool → America Apr. 15. Port of Quebec or Halifax.
1905 Liverpool → Quebec May 20
1905 Liverpool → Quebec June 23
1905 Liverpool → Dec. 17. Arrived in <B>St. Johns</B>.
1910 May, chartered by Allan Line
1913 Renamed Tyrolia
1914 October, rebuilt to a dummy battleship, renamed HMS Centurion
1916 Renamed Saxol
1916 Renamed Aspenleaf for Lane & MacAndrew
1917 Taken over by Shipping Controller
1919 Taken over by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.
1921 Renamed Prygona
1925 Scrapped at Copenhagen

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