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==[[SS Evangeline]] (II) 1927-1954 (In CPR Service)== | ==[[SS Evangeline]] (II) 1927-1954 (In CPR Service)== | ||
| − | Built in 1927 by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | + | *Built in 1927 by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| − | Run by the CPR partner, the [[:Category:Boston & Yarmouth Steamship Company|Eastern Steamship Company]]. | + | *365 feet long |
| + | *5,002 gross tons<ref name=built>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Yarmouth_Castle Yarmouth Castle at Wikipedia.</ref> | ||
| + | Run by the CPR partner, the [[:Category:Boston & Yarmouth Steamship Company|Eastern Steamship Company]]. From 1927 to the start of WWII, Evangeline served the Yarmouth-New York route connected in the summer with the fast passenger trains [[Train No. 25|No. 25]] and [[Train No. 26|26]], The [[New Yorker]]. | ||
| − | After her service ended with the CPR, she was used as a cruise ship in the growing cruise ship business. A fire on-board however ended her career and many lives at the same time resulting in changes in Maritime law as a result of the tragedy.<ref name=built>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Yarmouth_Castle Yarmouth Castle at Wikipedia.</ref> | + | After her service ended with the CPR in 1954, she was used as a cruise ship in the growing cruise ship business. A fire on-board however ended her career and many lives at the same time resulting in changes in Maritime law as a result of the tragedy.<ref name=built>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Yarmouth_Castle Yarmouth Castle at Wikipedia.</ref> |
===Gallery=== | ===Gallery=== | ||
Revision as of 23:19, 31 March 2011
SS Evangeline (II) 1927-1954 (In CPR Service)
- Built in 1927 by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 365 feet long
- 5,002 gross tons[1]
Run by the CPR partner, the Eastern Steamship Company. From 1927 to the start of WWII, Evangeline served the Yarmouth-New York route connected in the summer with the fast passenger trains No. 25 and 26, The New Yorker.
After her service ended with the CPR in 1954, she was used as a cruise ship in the growing cruise ship business. A fire on-board however ended her career and many lives at the same time resulting in changes in Maritime law as a result of the tragedy.[1]
Gallery
Description of ship in the 1929 Passenger Time Table.
SS Evangeline preparing to sail from Central Wharf, Boston, MA for Yarmouth, NS on July 2, 1954.
Eastern Shipping Co. SS Evangeline at Boston Boat dock, Yarmouth, NS on July 3, 1954.
SS Evangeline from opposite shore of Yarmouth harbor on July 11, 1954.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Yarmouth_Castle Yarmouth Castle at Wikipedia.
