SS Metagama
 Metagama traversing the Saint Lawrence River estuary in 1927
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Metagama |
| Namesake | Metagama station |
| Builder | Barclay Curle, Glasgow |
| Launched | 19 November 1914 |
| Fate | broken up in Bo'ness, 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Displacement | 12,420 long tons (12,619 t) |
| Length | 520 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 64 ft (20 m) |
| Propulsion | Twin screw, quadruple expansion engines |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
SS Metagama was a passenger liner completed in 1915 for Canadian Pacific Railway to extend passenger service from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. After serving as a troopship thru World War I she resumed passenger service in November 1918 until 1931. The ship was then laid up at Southend by the Great Depression until scrap metal prices rose in response to German rearmament.[1]
Citations
- ^ Emmons, Frederick (1972). The Atlantic Liners. New York: Bonanza Books. p. 41.