RMS Megantic

RMS Megantic

SS Megantic -- Pub. Raphael Tuck & Sons'

Built: 1908, Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
Yard No: 399
Funnels: 1 Masts: 2
Tonnage: 14,878 GRT
Dimensions: 172.2 x 20.5 m / 565 x 67.3 ft.
Engines: Quadruple Expansion by builders.
Twin Screw; 11,000 IHP; 16, max 16.5 kn.
Hull: Steel, 3 Decks.
Passengers: 260-1st Class, 430-2nd Class, 1,000-3rd Class
Crew: Not Listed

Originally laid down for Dominion Line, Liverpool as Albany, she was turned over to White Star Line before launching on December 10, 1909. She was delivered on June 3, 1909 as the Megantic and made her maiden voyage on June 17, 1909 from Liverpool to Montreal. From 1914 until 1917 she was used as a troop transport, and from 1917 until 1919 she operated under the Liner Requisition Scheme. On December 11, 1918 she made her first post-war voyage from Liverpool to New York. In 1919 she was back on the Liverpool to Montreal service again. Her passeneger accommodation had been changed to: 325-1st Class, 260-2nd Class, 550-3rd Class. On January 9, 1920 she made her first voyage for the British Government from Liverpool to Sydney. In 1924 her passenger accommodation was changed again: 452-Cabin Class, 260-2nd Class, 550-3rd Class. In 1927 the Megantic made one voyage to China as troop transport. Her route changed again when on March 22, 1928 she made her first voyage from London to New York via Halifax. On April 19, 1928 she went back on the London to Monteal service. In 1931 she moved to the Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal service. In July 1931 she was laid up in Rothesay Bay. In February 1933, the Megantic left for Osaka, Japan for breaking up.