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7,550 gross 1899 at Glasgow by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Canadian Pacific Line 446ft x 52ft 
 YearRemarks
 1899 Nov. 21, launched as the Lake Erie for Elder DempsterAtlantic Journey ID 5577
 1900 Jan. 30, maiden voyage Liverpool - Cape Town as Boer War transportAtlantic Journey ID 5578
 1902 Used for Beaver Line serviceAtlantic Journey ID 5579
 1903 March, taken over by the Canadian Pacific LineAtlantic Journey ID 5580
 1910 May, chartered by Allan LineAtlantic Journey ID 5581
 1913 Renamed TyroliaAtlantic Journey ID 5582
 1914 October, rebuilt to a dummy battleship, renamed HMS CenturionAtlantic Journey ID 5583
 1916 Renamed SaxolAtlantic Journey ID 5584
 1916 Renamed Aspenleaf for Lane & MacAndrewAtlantic Journey ID 5585
 1917 Taken over by Shipping ControllerAtlantic Journey ID 5586
 1919 Taken over by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.Atlantic Journey ID 5587
 1921 Renamed PrygonaAtlantic Journey ID 5588
 1925 Scrapped at CopenhagenAtlantic Journey ID 5589
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges

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