Marburn | Norway Heritage

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1900 at Glasgow by Alexander Stephen & Sons	10,576 gross	500.5ft x 59.2ft	Canadian Pacific Line

Details: - length 500,6 feet (152,55m.) x beam 59,2 feet (18,3m.), hull of steel, 4 decks, forecastle 54 feet., bridge 177 feet., and poop 40 feet. She had one funnel and two masts. Twin screws, triple expansion engine, 2 x 3 cylinders delivering 871 nominal horse power giving a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 240-1st, 220-2nd and 1,000-3rd class passengers.

Marburn, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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S/S Marburn in Allan Line colors as the S/S Tunisian, from an old postcard
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Chronological History

Year	Event
1900	Jan. 17, launched as the Tunisian for the Allan Line
1900	Apr. 5, maiden voyage Liverpool - Halifax - Portland
1900	May 10, commenced her first voyage Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal
1907	January, chartered to Canadian Pacific for four round voyages Liverpool - St. John. NB.
1914	Troopship for the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the homeward leg
1914	Sept. 4, commenced her last voyage Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal for the Allan Line
1915	Accommodation ship for German POW, Ryde, Isle of Wight
1915	Made several trooping voyages to Bombay and Gallipoli
1917	Taken over by Canadian Pacific Line
1918	Nov. 12, first voyage after Armistice, London - St. John, NB
1918	Dec. 23, Liverpool - St. John. NB
1919	Sept. 23, first voyage on the London - Quebec - Montreal run
1921	Apr. 6, first Glasgow - St. John, NB. voyage
1921	Converted to oil fuel by D. & W. Henderson, Glasgow
1921	Accommodation altered to carry 310-cabin and 736-3rd class passengers
1922	Renamed Marburn
1924	Dec. 13, first Antwerp - St. John, NB. voyage. Subsequently she ran between Hamburg, Glasgow, Antwerp or London to St. John, NB. or Montreal - Quebec
1928	May 9, laid up at Southampton
1928	Scrapped at Genoa