HMT Grampian
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 Grampian damaged in a collision with an iceberg - photo dated 16 Jul 1919 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMT Grampian |
| Owner | Allan Line Steam Ships Co.Ltd. - J. & A. Allan, Glasgow |
| Builder | Alexander Stephan & Sons Ltd |
| Yard number | 422 |
| Launched | 25 Jul 1907 |
| Completed | 1907 |
| Out of service | 1921 |
| Fate | Burned 14 Mar 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 10,947 tons |
| Length | 485.7 ft (148.0m) |
| Beam | 60.2 ft (18.35m) |
| Depth | 38.1 ft (11.61m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 15 knots (27.78 km/h) |
Remarks
Built for the Allen Line for the Trans Atlantic route Glasgow to Montreal. Chartered to the Canadain Pacific Line in 1914, and taken over by them in 1917 when they bought out the Allen Line. During WW1 it ferried Canadain troops of the Canadian Expeditionary Force to Europe, as well as undertaking commercial work
On 10 Jul 1919 while enroute from Montreal to Liverpool with 350 crew and 750 passengers, it struck an iceberg near Cape Rice, Newfoundland. However, as the captain had decided to hit the berg with the ship's bow as this gave her a better chance of remaining afloat. Even at slow speed the bow was crushed, but not damaged below the water line. She was able to make her way to port at St John's Newfoudland. Two crew working at the front of hte ship were killed and two injured.
On 14 Mar 1921 she was burned out during a refit at Antwerp, he result being that she was abandoned to her underwriters who in July 1925 sold her for breaking at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht.