S.S. Royal George, Cunard Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1907 at Glasgow by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd. 11,146 gross 525.8ft x 60.2ft Cunard Line

Royal George - Cunard Line steamship
Royal George - Cunard Line steamship
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Chronological History

Year Event
1907 May 28, launched as the "Helipolis" for British owners
1910 Renamed "Royal George" for Canadian Northern Railw. Co.
1916 Taken over by Cunard from Canadian Northern Railw. Co.,
1919 Feb. 10, first voyage Liverpool - Halifax - New York, nicknamed "Rolling George"
1919 Aug. 15, first voyage Southampton - Halifax - New York
1920 Emigrant depot ship at Cherbourg
1922 Scrapped at Wilhelmshaven

Other ships named "Royal George"

Ship Line / Owner
Royal George Royal Line

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