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SS Evangeline (II)
SS Evangeline (II) 1927-1954 In ES Ownership)
- 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.
She was a sister ship to the Yarmouth. They were built simultaneously although Evangeline was the first to lanuch and enter service in May of 1927.
Her regular service ended in 1947 and was considered derelict at the Yarmouth wharf until she was sold in 1955 to become a cruise ship in the growing cruise ship business. A fire on-board however ended her career in 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 at a crowded dock, date unknown but automobiles suggest late '20s, early '30s?
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.
