SS Montrose Archival Collection

Third Class Bookstall on the Canadian Pacific Line SS Montrose, 1922. Note the Female Clerk Standing in the Bookstall, Ready to Assist Customers. GGA Image ID # 2137166627

Montrose (1922) Canadian Pacific Line

Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 16,402. Dimensions: 548' x 70' (576' o.l). Propulsion: Twin-screw, 17 knots. Steam turbines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and two funnels. Passengers: 542 cabin and 1,268 third. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, May 5, 1922. Modifications: New steam turbines in 1931. Renamed: Forfar (1939) British Admiralty. Fate: Torpedoed and sunk by submarine "U-99" on December 2, 1940. Sister ships: Montcalm and Montclare.

New C.P.R. Liner "Montrose." —Passengers embarked on the new Canadien Pacific liner Montrose on Friday. The Montrose, of 16,402 tons gross, belongs to the "M" class of ships of the company, the others being the Montcalm, Montclare, Metagamma, Minnidosa, and Milita.

She was built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company of Govan and has accommodation for 540 cabin passengers and 900 third-class, the latter being provided with accommodation equal in every respect to what the first-class in the Canadian trade enjoyed 30 years ago.

Provisions were made for cinema shows during the voyage. The propelling machinery consists of two sets of Brown-Curtis turbines driving twin Screws through double reduction gearing, and being oil-driven, the boilers have been made readily convertible to coal burning if required. (Shipbuilding and Shipping Record, 11 May 1922:629)

Sailing Schedule, Québec and Montréal to Liverpool, Glasgow, Southampton, Hamburg, or Antwerp, from 13 July 1923 to 18 August 1923. Ships Included the Empress of Britain, Empress of France, Empress of Scotland, Marburn, Melita, Metagama, Minnedosa, Montcalm, Montclare, Montlaurier, and Montrose. SS Montcalm Passenger List, 13 July 1923. GGA Image ID # 1ec219e521

Sailing Schedule, Québec-Montréal-Liverpool, Québec-Montréal-Glasgow, Québec-Montréal-Soutampton, Québec-Montréal-Hamburg, and Québec-Montréal-Antwerp, from 17 August 1923 to 14 September 1923. Ships Included the Empress of Scotland, Marburn, Melita, Metagama, Montclare, Montlaurier, and Montrose. SS Metagama Passenger List, 17 August 1923. GGA Image ID # 1ec102aab1

Sailing Schedule, Québec-Montréal-Liverpool, Québec-Montréal-Belfast-Glasgow, Québec-Montréal-Cherbourg-Southampton, Québec-Montréal-Southampton-Cherbourg-Hamburg, and Québec-Montréal-Southampton-Cherbourg-Antwerp, from 23 May 1924 to 18 July 1924. Ships Included the Empress of France, Empress of Scotland, Marburn, Marloch, Melita, Metagama, Minnedosa, Montcalm, Montclare, Montlaurier, Montreal, Montrose, and Montroyal. SS Marloch Passenger List, 23 May 1924. GGA Image ID # 1ec01ccd76. Click to View Larger Image.

Canadian Pacific Sailing Schedule to Canada, 1924. From 14 August 1924 to 26 September 1924. Ships Included the Empress of France, Empress of Scotland, Marburn, Melita, Metagama, Minnedosa, Montcalm, Montclare, Montlaurier, Montreal, Montrose, and Montroyal. SS Empress of Scotland Passenger List, 14 August 1924. GGA Image ID # 1f24576bde

Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Canada, Glasgow-Canada, and Southampton-Cherbourg-Canada, from 4 May 1928 to 13 July 1928. Ships included the Duchess of Bedford, Empress of Australia, Empress of France, Empress of Scotland, Marloch, Melita, Metagama, Minnedosa, Montcalm, Montclare, Montnairn, Montrose, and Montroyal. SS Minnedosa Cabin Passenger List, 4 May 1928. GGA Image ID # 212cbb151c

Sailing Schedule, Southampton, Cherbourg, Liverpool, Hamburg, Antwerp, Glasgow, Belfast, and Cobh to Québec and Montréal, from 18 August 1928 to 23 November 1928. Ships Included the Duchess of Atholl, Duchess of Bedford, Empress of Australia, Empress of France, Empress of Scotland, Melita, Metagama, Minnedosa, Montcalm, Montclare, Montnairn, Montrose, and Montroyal. SS Empress of France Passenger List, 18 August 1928. GGA Image ID # 1eb3a5e27f

Sailing Schedule, Montréal and Québec to Cherbourg, Southampton, Hamburg, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Antwerp, from 18 August 1928 to 9 November 1928. Ships Included the Duchess of Atholl, Duchess of Bedford, Empress of Australia, Empress of France, Empress of Scotland, Melita, Metagama, Minnedosa, Montcalm, Montclare, Montnairn, Montrose, and Montroyal. SS Empress of France Passenger List, 18 August 1928. GGA Image ID # 1eb3cead39

Title Page Including List of Senior Officers and Staff, SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List, 18 February 1927. GGA Image ID # 212e88f34f

Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Glasgow-Saint John and Southampton-Cherbourg-Saint John, from 18 February 1927 to 15 April 1927. Ships Included the Marburn, Marloch, Metagama, Melita, Minnedosa, Montcalm, Montclare, Montnairn, and Montrose. SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List, 18 February 1927. GGA Image ID # 212b08df0d

Sailing Schedule, Vancouver-Victoria-Honolulu-Suva-Fiji-Auckland-Sydney, from 9 March 1927 to 17 Septmeber 1927. Ships included the Aorangi and Niagara. SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List, 18 February 1927. GGA Image ID # 212da1d24e

Advertisement: Canadian Pacfic 1927-1928 Cruises. Around the World Cruise on the Empress of Australia, Mediterranean Cruise on the Empress of Scotland, West Indies, South America, and South Africa Cruise on the Empress of France, and Two West Indies Cruises on the Montroyal. SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List, 18 February 1927. GGA Image ID # 212da87e32

Canadian Pacific Passenger Fleet, Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific, 1927. SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List, 18 February 1927. GGA Image ID # 212e99c1cd

Time on Ship. SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List, 18 February 1927. GGA Image ID # 212edf2dd6

Table of Comparative and Approximate Distances. SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List, 18 February 1927. GGA Image ID # 212ef2c191

Canadian Pacific Track Chart and Memorandum of Log (Unused), SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List, 18 February 1927. GGA Image ID # 212ef8d4ec. Click to View Larger Image.

Back Cover, SS Montrose Cabin Passenger List, 18 February 1927. GGA Image ID # 212f23d436

The Canadian Pacific Line has every reason to be proud of. And the passengers and crew of the liner Montrose were grateful, too. Capt. E. Landy, the commander of that vessel, whose promptness and sterling seamanship averted what might easily have been another appalling disaster in the North Atlantic recently.

Proceeding at moderate speed in thick weather on Easter Monday, homeward bound from Canada to Liverpool, the Montrose passed through the ice danger zone when the fog suddenly lifted, and a large berg appeared ahead. Capt. Landy altered course to clear it when a second smaller one suddenly appeared.

He was then faced with two alternatives—either to run the almost certain risk of having the side of the ship damaged by the second mass of ice or of ramming it end on. He chose the latter and, starboarding his helm, ran straight into the berg. The Montrose's bow plates were crushed over 20 ft., almost to the waterline.

Still, her commander's action minimized the risk to which the ship was subjected. The only regrettable feature of this remarkable escape was that two members of the crew, a storekeeper and an electrician, who were at work right forward, were instantaneously killed by the impact.

The liner arrived safely in the Mersey on Saturday and is now in the Sandon Dock. This event and reports lately received would appear to show that the southerly ice drift is perhaps more strongly marked than in normal years.

The time and strength of the flow varied very considerably. However, forewarned is forearmed, and ships navigating in North American water during the next month will no doubt keep a keen look-out for ice dangers.

-- The Syren and Shipping, 18 April 1928:176.