S.S. Montezuma, Canadian Pacific Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1899 at Glasgow by Alexander Stephen & Sons 7,345 gross 485ft x 59ft Canadian Pacific Line

Montezuma, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
Montezuma, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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Chronological History

Year Event
1899 July 11, launched for Elder Dempster
1899 October, Boer War transport
1903 Taken over by Canadian Pacific Line
1914 Converted to a dummy battleship, renamed HMS Iron Duke
1915 Bought by Admiralti, converted to a naval oiler
1917 Purchased by Lane & MacAndrew, renamed Oakleaf
1917 July 25, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine 64 miles from Butt of Lewis, Scotland

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