S.S. Merion, Dominion Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1901 at Glasgow by John Brown & Co. Ltd. 11,621 gross 530.5ft x 59.2ft Dominion Line

Dominion Line steamship Merion - at Liverpool
Dominion Line steamship Merion - at Liverpool
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Merion, emigrant steamship in American Line service
Merion, emigrant steamship in American Line service
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Merion, Dominion Line steamship
Picture of the S/S Merion at Liverpool from and old postcard

Chronological History

Year Event
1901 Nov. 26, launched for American Line
1902 Mar. 8, maiden voyage as charter for Dominion Line
1902 Liverpool → Boston Mar. 17
1902 Liverpool → Boston Apr. 24
1902 Liverpool → Boston June 21
1902 Liverpool → Boston July 18
1902 Liverpool → Boston Aug. 15
1903 Liverpool → Boston Jan. 12
1903 Liverpool → Boston Feb. 13
1903 April, first voyage for American Line, Liverpool - Philadelphia
1904 Mar. 30, damaged in collision with the Clan Grant off Tuskar Rock
1907 Nov. 16, chartered for one voyage Antwerp - New York for Red Star Line
1914 Sold to British Admiralty, converted to a dummy battlecruiser - renamed Tiger
1915 May 30, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine in the Aegan Sea

Other ships named "Merion"

Ship Line / Owner
Merion Red Star Line
Merion American Line

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