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Bidding has ended on this item. Item:Allan Line enamel badge R.M.S Tunisian steamship rare |
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Great original enamel steamship ocean liner badge for the Allan Line Company this badge is green in color not the usual blue,7/8" by 1 & 1/4", backpin strong and sound with rego stamp 516381 The TUNISIAN was a 10,576 gross ton ship built by A.Stephen & Sons, Glasgow in 1900 for the Allan Line. Her details were - length 500.6ft x beam 59.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 16 knots. There was accommodation for 240-1st, 220-2nd and 1,000-3rd class passengers. Launched on 17/1/1900, she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Halifax and Portland on 5/4/1900. She commenced her first voyage Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal on 10/5/1900. In Jan.1907 she was chartered to Canadian Pacific who used her for four round voyages Liverpool - St.John.NB. On 4/9/1914 she commenced her last voyage Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal for the Allan Line, and was used as a troopship for the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the homeward leg. Between Nov.1914 and Feb.1915 she was used as an accommodation ship for German prisoners at Ryde, Isle of Wight and in 1915 made several trooping voyages to Bombay and Gallipoli. In 1917 she was returned to the Allan Line, who by then had been taken over by Canadian Pacific and on 12/11/1918 commenced her first peacetime voyage from London to St.John.NB. On 23/12/1918 she sailed on her first Liverpool - St.John.NB. voyage and on 23/9/1919 her first London - Quebec - Montreal run. Between May 1920 and March 1921 she was converted from coal to oil fuel and her accommodation altered to carry 310-cabin and 736-3rd class passengers. On 6/4/1921 she sailed on her first Glasgow - St.John,NB. voyage and on 2/3/1922 was renamed MARBURN. On 17/11/1922 she commenced her first Liverpool - St.John,NB. voyage, on 2/3/1923 her first Glasgow - St.John,NB. and on 13/12/1924 her first Antwerp - St.John,NB. voyage. Subsequently she ran between Hamburg, Glasgow, Antwerp or London to St.John,NB. or Montreal - Quebec. She commenced her final voyage between Antwerp - Southampton - St.John,NB. on 6/4/1928 and was then laid up at Southampton. Later the same year, she was scrapped at Genoa. postage rates cheaper in Australia but i need a postcode
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Postage and packaging Item location: Parkdale, Victoria, Australia Dispatches to: Worldwide
 
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