RMS Pretorian Archival Collection
SS Pretorian of the Allan Royal Mail Line. Postally Used 12 April 1906. GGA Image ID # 2122e21140
Pretorian (1900) Allan Line
Built by Furness, Withy & Co., West Hartlepool, England. Tonnage: 6,436. Dimensions: 436' x 53'. Propulsion: Single-screw, 14 knots. Triple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal in August 1901. Modifications: Tonnage increased to 7,650 in 1908. Change in Ownership: Transferred to Canadian Pacific Line ownership in 1917. Fate: Sold for scrap in January 1926.
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1912-09-07 RMS Pretorian Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 7 September 1912
- Route: Glasgow to Québec and Montréal
- Commander: Captain Gavin Hamilton
1919-08-16 SS Pretorian Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 16 August 1919
- Route: Liverpool to Québec and Montréal
- Commander: Captain J. Hall
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Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Montreal-Quebec, from 21 April 1904 to 15 July 1904. Ships Included the Bavarian, Ionian, Parisian, Pretorian, and Tunisian. GGA Image ID # 212300ccf7
Sailing Schedule, Glasgow-Québec-Montréal and Liverpool-Québec-Montréal, from 20 August 1908 to 19 November 1908. Ships Included the Corsican, Grampian, Hesperian, Ionian, Pretorian, Tunisian, Victorian, and Virginian. TSS Ionian Second Class Passenger List, 22 August 1908. GGA Image ID # 2105877dab
Proposed Sailings, Glasgow-Liverpool-St. John's-Halifax-Philadelphia Service from 23 August 1911 to 1 December 1911. Ships Included the Carthaginian, Mongolian, and Pretorian. On Eastbound Run, the SS Pretorian Calls at Halifax About Three Days after Leaving Philadelphia. Minimum First Class Fare £13. Furness-Allan Steamers Sail from Liverpool to St. John's, N.F., and Halifax, Carrying; Saloon Passengers Only, on Alternate Saturdays to the Above, Thus Comprising a Weekly Service to These Ports. TSS Tunisian Passenger List, 22 September 1922. GGA Image ID # 1e0d17e026
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, from 31 July 1919 to 30 October 1919. Ships Included the Corsican, Melita, Metagama, Minnedosa, Pretorian, Scandinavian, and Tunisian. SS Pretorian Cabin Passenger List, 16 August 1919. GGA Image ID # 2122abff4d
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Québec-Montréal, Glasgow-Québec-Montréal, Southampton-Québec-Montréal, Antwerp-Québec-Montréal, Le Havre-Québec-Montréal, Trieste-Québec-Montréal, and Naples-Québec-Montréal, from 6 September 1921 to 3 November 1921. Ships Included the Corsican, Empress of Britain, Empress of France, Melita, Metagama, Minnedosa, Montreal, Pretorian, Scandinavian, and Tunisian. SS Metagama Passenger List, 6 September 1921. GGA Image ID # 1ec0341981
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Title Page, SS Pretorian Cabin Passenger List, 7 September 1912. GGA Image ID # 2120e14f06
Title Page and List of Senior Officers, SS Pretorian Cabin Passenger List, 16 August 1919. GGA Image ID # 212271eda4
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List of Senior Officers and Staff, SS Pretorian Cabin Passenger List, 7 September 1912. GGA Image ID # 21216bc00f
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Map of Lights Approaching Canada, SS Pretorian Cabin Passenger List, 16 August 1919. GGA Image ID # 2122d6fe5f
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Wireless Telegram Rates, SS Pretorian Cabin Passenger List, 7 September 1912. GGA Image ID # 2121d93798
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Title Page, SS Pretorian Cabin Passenger List, 7 September 1912. GGA Image ID # 2121e71c3d
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Back Cover, SS Pretorian Cabin Passenger List, 7 September 1912. GGA Image ID # 2122631a8c
Back and Front Cover of the SS Pretorian 16 August 1919 Cabin Class Passenger List for the Canadian Pacific Line. GGA Image ID # 157d88df9d
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The RMS Pretorian
S.S. Pretorian Hands Across the Sea - 1913 GGA Image # 9b95919ffe
The famous Hands Across the Sea features the S.S. Pretorian in a most vibrant colorful painting of her in the open seas. Postally used in Halifax, NS on 27 March 1913, the postcard was formerly part of the Thomas A. E. Stanley Collection. In the back side below, the sender mentions receiving a letter at Liverpool on the ship.
Back Side of S.S. Pretorian Hands Across the Sea - 1913 GGA Image # 52ee7f4292
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Advertisement (1901): Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers Featuring the Tunisian, Bavarian, Ionian, Pretorian, and Australasian. The passenger accommodation for all classes of passengers is unsurpassed by any line. The First and Second Cabin Saloons and Staterooms are situated amidships. The ships throughout are lighted by electricity, and special attention has been given to ventilation and sanitary arrangements. All the rooms have water unlimited in supply on taps. The Bathrooms are equal in appointments to our best hotels. The rates of passage in First Cabin are $60. and upwards, according to the number of persons in the room and the Season. Second Cabin, $37.50 and upwards. Third Class to Liverpool, London, Glasgow, Belfast, or Londonderry, $26. GGA Image ID # 212305a302
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Passenger Ships of the World - 1963
Passenger Ships of the World, 1963, represents an incredible resource covering passenger ships that are Trans-Atlantic, Trans-Pacific, Trans-Pacific via Panama Canal, Latin American, Africa and the Eastern Oceans, and California-Hawaii.
Ravenscrag: The Allan Royal Mail Line
Ravenscrag is the story of the Allans and of the great line of sail and steamships which bore their name, dominating the Canadian Atlantic routes for more than a century and making a major contribution to Canadian history.
Sailing Seven Seas: History of the Canadian Pacific Line
With a witty and informative style, author Peter Pigott evokes-not only the nostalgic heyday of ocean travel but reveals a slice of almost-forgotten Canadiana.
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