SS Megantic

Megantic
History
United Kingdom
Name	Megantic
Namesake	Lake Mégantic
Owner	Oceanic Steam Navigation Co
Operator	White Star Line
Port of registry	Liverpool
Route	1909: Liverpool – Quebec City – Montreal 1914: Liverpool – New York 1919: Liverpool – Quebec City – Montreal 1928: London – Southampton – New York
Ordered	1907
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	399
Launched	10 December 1908
Completed	3 June 1909
Maiden voyage	17 June 1909
Refit	1909, 1924
Identification	UK official number 127981 Code letters HPCF Call sign MZC
Fate	Scrapped 1933
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	14,878 GRT, 9,183 NRT, 8,790 DWT
Displacement	20,470 tons
Length	550.4 ft (167.8 m) p/p
Beam	67.3 ft (20.5 m)
Depth	41.2 ft (12.6 m)
Decks	3 decks, 2 partial decks
Installed power	1,180 NHP
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion engines 2 × Propeller
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	1909: 230 first class 430 second class 1,000 third class 1919: 325 first class 260 second class 550 third class 1924: 452 cabin class 260 second class 550 third class
Sensors and processing systems	by 1930: submarine signalling wireless direction finding

SS Megantic was a British transatlantic ocean liner that was built in Ireland and launched in 1908. She was one of a pair of sister ships that were ordered in 1907 by Dominion Line but completed for White Star Line.

Before the First World War her regular route was between Liverpool and Quebec City. She and her sister Laurentic were the largest ships on the route between Great Britain and Canada.

During the First World War, Megantic served as a troop ship from 1915.

Megantic was refitted in 1919 and 1924. In the 1920s and early 1930s her duties were a mixture of liner services and cruising. In 1928 Megantic's regular route was between Great Britain and New York.

Megantic was laid up in 1931 and scrapped in 1933.