MEGANTIC - 1908

ORIGINALLY NAMED 'ALBANY' AND BUILT FOR THE DOMINION LINE,BUT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WHITE STAR LINE BEFORE HER LAUNCH,AND RE-NAMED 'MEGANTIC' AFTER 'LAKE MEGANTIC' IN CANADA. SHE WAS SISTER SHIP TO 'LAURENTIC'. SHE SURVIVED AN ATTACK BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U.43 IN 1917.SHE HAD A COUPLE OF REFITS IN 1919/1924 BUT SHE WAS LAID UP IN 1931,AS SO MANY OTHER VESSELS WERE DUE TO THE RECESSION.SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN OSAKA,JAPAN IN 1933.IN 1910 DR CRIPPEN AND HIS MISTRESS ETHEL LE NEVE WERE ESCORTED BACK TO ENGLAND ON 'MEGANTIC' AFTER THEIR ARREST BY INSPECTOR DEW OF SCOTLAND YARD IN CANADA.