Difference between revisions of "HMT Corsican"
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Revision as of 01:45, 1 August 2017
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Corsican |
| Builder/Built | 1907 Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Type | Passenger / refrigerated cargo |
Contents
Remarks
Built for the Allan Line, and used on the Liverpool to St John, New Brunswick route. On 12 Aug Corsican collided with an iceberg but suffered only monor damage. Taken over as a troops hip in August 1914, and used till 16 Jul 1917 when she was passed to the management of th Canadian Pacific Line. At the time she was wrecked (21 May 1923) on Cape Freels Rock, Newfoundland - no casualties, she had been renamed SS Margrave.
Soldiers carried
Alexandria to Marseilles 29 March - 5 April 1916
- Herbert Lewis Battams
- Arthur Charles Cam
- Stanley Joseph Callow Champion
- Donald Victor Chisholm
- Aubrey Cecil Dawson
- Frank William Dowell
- Rudolf Eberhardt
- Frederick Fancote
- Frederick James Howard
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
- Frederick William Wallace Moore
- William Stephens
- Arthur William Symonds
- Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier