Melita, 1918

Item

Identifier: imm-0211

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1918

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Canadian Pacific Line

Builder and location: Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 15,183 tons; 520' x 67'

Machinery and speed: Triple-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: Cabin: 550; 3rd class: 1,200

Routes: England-Canada

History: Sold to Italy 1935, renamed LIGURIA. Employed as transport during Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Bombed at Tobruk 1940, scuttled 1941. Refloated 1950 and towed to Italy for scrapping.

Legacy record identifier: Melita1918