Difference between revisions of "HMT Corsican"

HMT Corsican
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.
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Latest revision as of 00:28, 27 October 2021

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

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