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| shipname = HMT Corsican
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| shipowner = Allan Line S.S. Co. Ltd. (J & A Allan), Glasgow 
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| shipbuilder = Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow
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| shipyardnumber = 467
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| shiplaunched = 29 Apr 1907
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| shipcompleted = 1907
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| shipinservice = 31 Oct 1907
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| shipoutofservice = 21 May 1923
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| shipfate = wrecked 21 May 1923
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| shiptype = Passenger / refrigerated cargo
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| shiptonnage = 11, 419 tons
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| shiplength = 500.3 ft (152.49m)
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| shipbeam = 61.2 ft (18.65m)
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| shipdepth = 38 ft (11.58m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 16 knots (29.63m)
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| shipcapacity = 300 x 1st class; 400 x 2nd; and 1,500 x Steerage.
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Built for the Allan Line, and used on the Liverpool to St John, New Brunswick route. On 12 Aug 1912 ''Corsican'' collided with an iceberg near Belle Isle but suffered only monor damage. Two thousand British Home Children/Child Migrants were sent to Canada in just three years, between 1908 and 1911 on the steamship Corsican.
 
 
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Taken over as a troop ship in August 1914, and used untill 16 Jul 1917. In August 1914 she began trooping voyages between Southampton and Le Havre. In September 1914 she was transferred to trooping to Alexandria and Bombay and various trooping duties.
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In 1917 when she was passed to the management of the Canadian Pacific Line (they had acquired the Allen Line earlier that year), she resumed cross Atlantic voyages. The ownership change her name to''SS Margrave''. On 21 May 1923 she was wrecked, on Cape Freels Rock, Newfoundland in fog. No casualties were suffered.
==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==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
==Alexandria to Marseilles 29 March - 5 April 1916==
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===Alexandria to Marseilles 29 March - 5 April 1916===
 
Boarding occurred on 28 March 1916. Arrived 3 April, but disembarked 5 April 1916.
 
Boarding occurred on 28 March 1916. Arrived 3 April, but disembarked 5 April 1916.
 
* [[James Barber]]
 
* [[James Barber]]
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* [[Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC]]
 
* [[Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC]]
 
* [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
 
* [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
* [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]]
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* [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]]
* [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
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* [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
* [[Hector Louis Polain]]
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* [[Hector Louis Polain]]
* [[Stephen Henry Robson]]
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* [[Stephen Henry Robson]]
* [[William Edgar Rowe]]
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* [[William Edgar Rowe]]
* [[George Scrivener]]
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* [[George Scrivener]]
 
* [[John Alexander Spilsbury]]  
 
* [[John Alexander Spilsbury]]  
 
* [[William Stephens]]
 
* [[William Stephens]]
* [[Arthur William Symonds]]
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* [[Arthur William Symonds]]
 
* [[James Thomson MM]]
 
* [[James Thomson MM]]
 
* [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
 
* [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
  
==Alexandria to Plymouth 29 May - 11 June 1916==
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===Alexandria to Plymouth 29 May - 11 June 1916===
*[[Frederick Fancote]]
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* [[Frederick Fancote]]
*[[William Francis Clements]]
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* [[William Francis Clements]]
*[[William Ellis]]
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* [[William Ellis]]
*[[Sydney Charles Welch]] to France only ?
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* [[Sydney Charles Welch]] to France only ?
  
  

Latest revision as of 00:28, 27 October 2021

HMT Corsican
HMT Corsican.jpg
HMT Corsican 1.jpg
History
Name HMT Corsican
Owner Allan Line S.S. Co. Ltd. (J & A Allan), Glasgow
Builder Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Yard number 467
Launched 29 Apr 1907
Completed 1907
In service 31 Oct 1907
Out of service 21 May 1923
Fate wrecked 21 May 1923
General characteristics
Type Passenger / refrigerated cargo
Tonnage 11, 419 tons
Length 500.3 ft (152.49m)
Beam 61.2 ft (18.65m)
Depth 38 ft (11.58m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 16 knots (29.63m)
Capacity 300 x 1st class; 400 x 2nd; and 1,500 x Steerage.



Remarks

Built for the Allan Line, and used on the Liverpool to St John, New Brunswick route. On 12 Aug 1912 Corsican collided with an iceberg near Belle Isle but suffered only monor damage. Two thousand British Home Children/Child Migrants were sent to Canada in just three years, between 1908 and 1911 on the steamship Corsican.


Taken over as a troop ship in August 1914, and used untill 16 Jul 1917. In August 1914 she began trooping voyages between Southampton and Le Havre. In September 1914 she was transferred to trooping to Alexandria and Bombay and various trooping duties.


In 1917 when she was passed to the management of the Canadian Pacific Line (they had acquired the Allen Line earlier that year), she resumed cross Atlantic voyages. The ownership change her name toSS Margrave. On 21 May 1923 she was wrecked, on Cape Freels Rock, Newfoundland in fog. No casualties were suffered.

Soldiers carried

Alexandria to Marseilles 29 March - 5 April 1916

Boarding occurred on 28 March 1916. Arrived 3 April, but disembarked 5 April 1916.

Alexandria to Plymouth 29 May - 11 June 1916