WW1 Merchant Ships

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mallog
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WW1 Merchant Ships

Post by mallog » Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:50 pm

I have come across Accounts of Wages for one of my tree covering WW1 they give the ship and the journey, the master and the purser if this is of any interest to anyone I will post the relevant one in the gallery. The ships are "Pretorian","R.M.S. Grampian", "Corsican", "Ionian", "Sardinian"
Anderson, McAlpine, Blue - Argyll
Dunn Fife /ML
Coutts, McGregor - Perth/Govan
Glen, Crow, Imrie - Angus
Scott & Pick ML
Mason - Co Down
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LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:44 pm

Hi Mallog
Hope you have had some "takers" for this kind offer.

Best wishes
Lesley
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Hugh Stevely
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WW1 Merchant Ships.

Post by Hugh Stevely » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:14 am

Hi Mallog hi Lesleyb.

Could this be one of your Ships the PRETORIAN.

The Pretorian was built by Furness, Withy&Co Ltd West-Hartlepool for the Allen Line in 1900.
She was a 6,948 gross ton ship length 436,9x Beam 53.1ft one Funnel two masts speed 13 knots launched 22.12.1900 sailed from Liverpool on her Maiden Voyage to Quebec and Montreal 8,8,1901.--Transferred to the Glasgow Quebec-Montreal service was rebuilt to 7654, tons.

She commenced her last voyage 9.3.1922 and was laid up at Gareloch until 20.2.1926 when she was scrapped at Garston.
Hugh.
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mallog
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Post by mallog » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:25 pm

Yes that looks like the one thank you Hugh
Anderson, McAlpine, Blue - Argyll
Dunn Fife /ML
Coutts, McGregor - Perth/Govan
Glen, Crow, Imrie - Angus
Scott & Pick ML
Mason - Co Down
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Hugh Stevely
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WW1 Merchant Ships.

Post by Hugh Stevely » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:17 am

Hi Mallog a bit info on another of your ships if it is the same one

CORSICAN -- Allen Line- Built Barclay,Curle&Co Glasgow 1907.

Routes Liverpool--St-John--NB--Passengers lst class 208 2nd class 250. 3rd Class 1000.

Vessel Acquired 1917 by Canadian Pacific Line renamed MARVALE 1922
Twin-Screws a speed of 16 knots 2 Masts,1-Funnel.

Hugh.
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Hugh Stevely
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WW1 Merchant Ships.

Post by Hugh Stevely » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:13 pm

Hi Mallog up-date on the CORSICAN Renamed MARVALE-- the MARVALE,s Final Voyage from Glasgow to Montreal by the way of Belfast and Quebec began on the 26th April 1923. on the 21st May on the return log of that trip was Wrecked on Freel-Rock, 20 miles 32 km west of Cape-Race no lives lost-Ship was a Total loss.

Hugh.
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