NEW ENGLAND The "New England" was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1898 for the Dominion Line. She was an 11,394 gross ton vessel, length 550.3ft x beam 598.3ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. There was accommodation for 200-1st, 200-2nd and 800-3rd class passengers. Launched on 7/4/1898 she started her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Boston on 30/6/1898. She commenced her last voyage on this service on 17/9/1903 and then went to the White Star Line who renamed her "Romanic". She sailed from Liverpool to Boston on 19/11/1903 and then to Naples, Genoa and Glasgow. In January 1912 she went to the Allan Line was renamed "Scandinavian" and modified to carry 400-2nd and 800-3rd class passengers. On 23/3/1912 she commenced her first sailing from Glasgow to Halifax and Boston and on 4/5/1912 her first voyage from Glasgow to Quebec and Montreal, returning with part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. She then resumed the Glasgow - Canada service. In 1917 she went to Canadian Pacific Ocean Services and between 1918 and 1920 ran between Liverpool and New York and Liverpool and St.John.NB. On 18/5/1920 she commenced a service from Antwerp to Southampton, Quebec and Montreal, starting her last voyage on 24/5/1922. She was then laid up at Gareloch and in 1923 was scrapped in Germany. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.762] [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 22 October 1997]
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