S.S. Montfort, Beaver Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1899 at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. 5,519 gross 445ft x 52.2ft Beaver Line

Chronological History

Year Event
1899 Feb. 13, launched for Elder Dempster
1899 Apr. 26, maiden voyage Tyne - Quebec - Montreal
1899 Boer War transport
1902 Liverpool → Quebec May 7. Journey of 6 days and 9 hours.
1903 Taken over by Canadian Pacific Line
1918 Oct. 1, torpedoed and sunk by German sub. U-55 170 miles from Bishop's Rock

Other ships named "Montfort"

Ship Line / Owner
Montfort Canadian Pacific Line

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