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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
5,519 gross 1899 at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmer‘s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. Beaver Line 445ft x 52.2ft 
 Year Departure ArrivalRemarks
 1899  Feb. 13, launched for Elder DempsterAtlantic Journey ID 5494
 1899  Apr. 26, maiden voyage Tyne - Quebec - MontrealAtlantic Journey ID 5495
 1899  Boer War transportAtlantic Journey ID 5496
 1902  Liverpool     Quebec  May 07 Journey of 6 days and 9 hoursTransatlantc ID
 1903  Taken over by Canadian Pacific LineAtlantic Journey ID 5497
 1918  Oct. 1, torpedoed and sunk by German sub. U-55 170 miles from Bishop's RockAtlantic Journey ID 5498
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges

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