S.S. Lake Champlain, Canadian Pacific Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1900 at Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. 7,392 gross 446ft x 52ft Canadian Pacific Line
Lake Champlain, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
Lake Champlain, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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Chronological History

Year Event
1900 Mar. 31, launched for Elder Dempster as the Lake Champlain - used for Beaver Line service
1900 May 15, maiden voyage Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal
1901 Became the first merchant ship with permanent wireless telegraphy installed
1903 Taken over by the Canadian Pacific Line
1903 Liverpool → Quebec May 30
1903 Liverpool → Quebec July 2
1903 Liverpool → Quebec Aug. 7
1904 Liverpool → Feb. 13. Arrived at <B>St. Johns</B>.
1904 Liverpool → Halifax Apr. 30
1904 Liverpool → Quebec June 3
1904 Liverpool → Quebec Sept. 16
1905 Liverpool → Jan. 7. Arrived in <B>St. Johns</B>.
1905 → America Apr. 2. Port of Quebec or Halifax.
1905 Liverpool → Quebec May 10
1905 Liverpool → Quebec June 10
1905 Liverpool → Quebec July 14
1913 Renamed Ruthenia
1914 Rebuilt to become a dummy battleship, renamed HMS King George
1915 Used as store ships
1949 Scrapped at Dalmuir

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