Grampian (ship)
.jpg) The Grampian (foreground) in 1914 in the port of Gaspé
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The Grampian was a transatlantic liner put into service in 1907 by the British-Canadian shipping company Allan Line , which was used in passenger and freight traffic between Canada and Great Britain . Destroyed by fire in Antwerp in 1921 , the wreck of the Grampian was scrapped in the Netherlands in 1925 .
The ship
The 10,187 GRT steamship Grampian was built at the Alexander Stephen and Sons shipyard in the Linthouse district of Glasgow . She was the structurally identical sister ship of the Corsican , which was built by Barclay, Curle and Company , and the Hesperian , which was also built by Alexander Stephen and Sons and both of which also measured over 10,000 GRT. These three steamers were the largest ships in the history of the Allan Line to date.
The 148-meter-long and 18.3-meter-wide passenger and cargo ship had a chimney, two masts , eight decks and two propellers and was powered by triple expansion steam engines that developed 802 nominal horsepower and allowed a top speed of 15 knots. The accommodations were designed for 210 first, 250 second and 1000 third class passengers . The equipment included a lounge and a music salon on the promenade deck , a smoking room, a dining room with windows on three sides and luxury suites with their own bathroom. The Grampian was equipped with electricity , a ventilation system for fresh air supply and a Marconi radio for wireless telegraphy .
After being launched on July 25, 1907, the Grampian ran on September 21, 1907 in Glasgow for her maiden voyage to Quebec and Montreal . On November 26, 1908, the Grampian made her first voyage from Liverpool to Saint John . In 1910 the tonnage of the steamer increased to 10,947 GRT through modifications.
On November 29, 1912, the Grampian made a single crossing from Liverpool to Halifax and Saint John in service with the Canadian Pacific Railway . On August 15, 1914, she made her last trip from Glasgow to Quebec and Montreal. Another voyage for the Canadian Pacific followed on September 11, 1914. On the way back to Great Britain she had members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on board. Between December 1914 and April 1915, the steamer was used again for four crossings between Liverpool and Saint John for the Canadian Pacific. In May 1915 the Grampian resumed its service from Liverpool to Canada for the Allan Line.
In 1917, like the rest of the Allan Line fleet, she was taken over by Canadian Pacific and left Liverpool on December 15, 1918 for her first peacetime crossing. On December 15, 1920, the Grampian set out on her last voyage from London via Antwerp to Saint John. During repair work in Antwerp, the Grampian was destroyed by fire on March 14, 1921 and then written off. The ship was sold for demolition and scrapped in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht in 1925 .