S.S. Tyrolia, Canadian Pacific Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1899 at Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. 7,550 gross 446ft x 52ft Canadian Pacific Line

Chronological History

Year Event
1899 Nov. 21, launched as the Lake Erie for Elder Dempster
1900 Jan. 30, maiden voyage Liverpool - Cape Town as Boer War transport
1902 Used for Beaver Line service
1903 March, taken over by the Canadian Pacific Line
1910 May, chartered by Allan Line
1913 Renamed Tyrolia
1914 October, rebuilt to a dummy battleship, renamed HMS Centurion
1916 Renamed Saxol
1916 Renamed Aspenleaf for Lane & MacAndrew
1917 Taken over by Shipping Controller
1919 Taken over by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.
1921 Renamed Prygona
1925 Scrapped at Copenhagen

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