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From: "Ted Finch" <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] Ship called the Tunisian
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:40:47 +0100


Hi Linda,


TUNISIAN
The "Tunisian" was a 10,576 gross ton ship built by A.Stephen & Sons,
Glasgow in 1900 for the Allan Line. Her details were - length 500.6ft x
beam 59.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 16 knots.
There was accommodation for 240-1st, 220-2nd and 1,000-3rd class
passengers. Launched on 17/1/1900, she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden
voyage to Halifax and Portland on 5/4/1900. She commenced her first voyage
Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal on 10/5/1900. In Jan.1907 she was chartered
to Canadian Pacific who used her for four round voyages Liverpool -
St.John.NB. On 4/9/1914 she commenced her last voyage Liverpool - Quebec -
Montreal for the Allan Line, and was used as a troopship for the Canadian
Expeditionary Force on the homeward leg. Between Nov.1914 and Feb.1915 she
was used as an accommodation ship for German prisoners at Ryde, Isle of
Wight and in 1915 made several trooping voyages to Bombay and Gallipoli. In
1917 she was returned to the Allan Line, who by then had been taken over by
Canadian Pacific and on 12/11/1918 commenced her first peacetime voyage
from London to St.John.NB. On 23/12/1918 she sailed on her first Liverpool
- St.John.NB. voyage and on 23/9/1919 her first London - Quebec - Montreal
run. Between May 1920 and March 1921 she was converted from coal to oil
fuel and her accommodation altered to carry 310-cabin and 736-3rd class
passengers. On 6/4/1921 she sailed on her first Glasgow - St.John,NB.
voyage and on 2/3/1922 was renamed "Marburn". On 17/11/1922 she commenced
her first Liverpool - St.John,NB. voyage, on 2/3/1923 her first Glasgow -
St.John,NB. and on 13/12/1924 her first Antwerp - St.John,NB. voyage.
Subsequently she ran between Hamburg, Glasgow, Antwerp or London to
St.John,NB. or Montreal - Quebec. She commenced her final voyage between
Antwerp - Southampton - St.John,NB. on 6/4/1928 and was then laid up at
Southampton. Later the same year, she was scrapped at Genoa. [North Atlantic
Seaway
by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.320]

regards
Ted




----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Y. Dicken <>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 11:11 PM
Subject: [TSL] Ship called the Tunisian


> I have been hunting for a ship called the Tunisian. My
> grandfather listed the Tunisian as the ship he immigrated fro
> Trondhiem in Apr 1905. The only ship by that name I have found
> came from the Mediterranean.
>
> Any info would be appreciated.
>
> Linda Dicken
> San Jose, CA
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> >Subject: [TSL] Tunisian
> > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:54:27 +0100
> > From: "Jan Strand" <>
> > To:
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> >
> >
> >Hi Robert,
> >Thanks for the offer. Is the pic e-mailable?
> >Jan in England
>
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