- Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers
The Allan Line was founded in 1854 as the "Montreal Ocean Steamship Company". The Company was later known as the Allan Line after one of its founders,
Hugh Allan . In 1891 the company took over the State Line (founded 1872). After this the company was often referred to as the Allan & State Line. The "Allan & State Line" name was retired by the end of 1905, and the "Allan Line" name was no longer used by the end of 1918 brought about by the sale of the Allan Line to the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ltd (CPOS, nowCP Ships ) in 1917.List of Steamships
The Allan Line fleet evolved over the course of decades -- changing as new ships were added, lost at sea, sold, or scrapped:
* SS "Alsatian".Ships List: [http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/allan.html Allan Line, Steamships] ]
* SS "America". [see above] ]
* SS "Anglo-Saxon".Norway Heritage: [http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_shiplist.asp?so=ship&co=allan Allan Fleet List] ]
* SS "Assyrian". [see above] ]
* SS "Austrian". [see above] ]
* SS "Australasian" (1857). [see above] ]
* SS "Australasian" (1901). [see above] ]
* SS "Bohenian". [see above] ]
* SS "Brazilian". [see above] ]
* SS "Buenos Ayrean".Gjenvick-Gjønvick Artchives: [http://www.gjenvick.com/AllanLine/1908-Brochure-AllanLine-SteamshipFleet.html "Allan Line Steamship Fleet List, 27 Vessels (1907),"] ]
* SS "Calgarian". [see above] ]
* SS "Californian". [see above] ]
* SS "Canadian" (1854). [see above] ]
* SS "Canadian" (1859). [see above] ]
* SS "Canadian" (1872). [see above] ]
* SS "Cartheginian". [see above] ]
* SS "Caspian". [see above] ]
* SS "Castilian". [see above] ]
* SS "Circassian". [see above] ]
* SS "City of Vienna". [see above] ]
* SS "City of Bombay." [see above] ]
* SS "Corean". [see above] ]
* SS "Corinthian". [see above] ]
* SS "Corsican". [see above] ]
* SS "Damascus". [see above] ]
* SS "Diamant". [see above] ]
* SS "European". [see above] ]
* SS "Gallia". [see above] ]
* SS "Germany". [see above] ]
* SS "Grampian". [see above] ]
* SS "Grecian". [see above] ]
* SS "Hanoverian". [see above] ]
* SS "Hesperian". [see above] ]
* SS "Hesperian". [see above] ]
* SS "Hibernian" (1861). [see above] ]
* SS "Hibernian" (1902). [see above] ]
* SS "Hungarian" (1859). [see above] ]
* SS "Hungarian" (1902). [see above] ]
* SS "Huronian". [see above] ]
* SS "Indian". [see above] ]
* SS "Ionian". [see above] ]
* SS "John Bell". [see above] ]
* SS "Jura". [see above] ]
* SS "Lake Erie". [see above] ]
* SS "Laurentian". [see above] ]
* SS "Livonian". [see above] ]
* SS "Lucerne". [see above] ]
* SS "Manitoban". [see above] ]
* SS "Melita". [see above] ]
* SS "Mersey". [see above] ]
* SS "Mongolian". [see above] ]
* SS "Monte Videan". [see above] ]
* SS "Moravian". [see above] ]
* SS "Nestorian". [see above] ]
* SS "North American". [see above] ]
* SS "North Briton". [see above] ]
* SS "Norway". [see above] ]
* SS "Norwegian" (1861). [see above] ]
* SS "Norwegian" (1865). [see above] ]
* SS "Nova Scotian". [see above] ]
* SS "Numdian". [see above] ]
* SS "Ontarian". [see above] ]
* SS "Orcardian". [see above] ]
* SS "Ottowa". [see above] ]
* ss "Palestine". [see above] ]
* SS "Parisian". [see above] ]
* SS "Pretorian". [see above] ]
* SS "Prussian". [see above] ]
* SS "Peruvian". [see above] ]
* SS "Phoenician". [see above] ]
* SS "Polynesian". [see above] ]
* SS "Pomeranian". [see above] ]
* SS "Roacian". [see above] ]
* SS "Roumanian". [see above] ]
* SS "Saint Andrew". [see above] ]
* SS "Saint David". [see above] ]
* SS "Saint George". [see above] ]
* SS "Saint Patrick". [see above] ]
* SS "Samaritan". [see above] ]
* SS "Scandinavian" (1869). [see above] ]
* SS "Scandinavian" (1898). [see above] ]
* SS "Scotian". [see above] ]
* SS "Sardinian". [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403E0D81331E03ABC4A51DFB4668389699FDE "The Steamer Sardinian; She Passes Queenstown in Tow -- The Story of the Voyage by a Passenger,"] "New York Times." February 22, 1882.]
* SS "Siberian". [see above] ]
* SS "Sicilian". [see above] ]
* SS "Southwark". [see above] ]
* SS "State of California". [see above] ]
* SS "State of Georgia". [see above] ]
* SS "State of Indiana". [see above] ]
* SS "State of Nebraska". [see above] ]
* SS "State of Nevada". [see above] ]
* SS "State of Pennsylvania" [see above] ]
* SS "Sweden"'. [see above] ]
* SS "Tainui"'. [see above] ]
* SS "Tower Hill". [see above] ]
* SS "Tunisian". [see above] ]
* SS "Turanian". [see above] ]
* SS "Victorian". [see above] ]
* SS "Virginian". [see above] ]
* SS "Waldensian". [see above] ]Steamship Passenger Lists
Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers Second Cabin Passengers "Victorian" Friday, October 28, 1910 From Liverpool To Quebec & Montreal
"Based on our analysis of the passenger list, including room and berth assignments, we concluded the following. Of the 192 passengers in Second Cabin, there were 153 (79.7%) adults, 38 (19.8%) Children and 1 infant. Gender counts were 78 (40.6%) males, 110 (57.3%) females, and 4 (2.1%) unknown. The marital status appeared to be 67 married (representing 43.8% of the adults), 118 unmarried and 7 could not be determined. There were probably 9 servants included in the Second Cabin passenger list."
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References
* Appleton, Thomas E. (1974). [http://books.google.com/books?id=rgUBAQAACAAJ&dq=The+Allan+Royal+Mail+Line&client=firefox-a "Ravenscrag: The Allan Royal Mail Line."] Toronto:
McClelland and Stewart . 10-ISBN 0-771-00720-5; 13-ISBN 0-771-00720-5 (cloth)
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9902E7D71230E233A25754C1A96E9C946196D6CF "C.P.R. Gets Allan Line; Report Declared to be Correct in Spite of Official Denials,"] "New York Times." August 17, 1910.External links
* [http://www.gjenvick.com/AllanLine/index.html Allan Royal Mail Line - Passenger Lists and Historical Documents]
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