SS Canadian
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Canadian |
| Owner | Allan Line |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | R Steele & Co, Greenock |
| Yard number | 21 |
| Launched | 10 December 1859 |
| Completed | March 1860 |
| Identification | UK official number 28222 |
| Fate | Sunk by striking an iceberg, 4 June 1861 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 1,926 GRT, 1,310 NRT |
| Length | 301.6 ft (91.9 m) |
| Beam | 35.9 ft (10.9 m) |
| Depth | 16.6 ft (5.1 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 1 x compound engine |
| Propulsion | 1 × screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Capacity | 75 x 1st class; 300 3rd class |
| Crew | 60 |
SS Canadian was an iron-hulled passenger ship that sank by striking an iceberg in the Strait of Belle Isle while she was sailing from Quebec in Canada to Liverpool in the United Kingdom in 1861. 35 out of 301 persons aboard the ship were killed in the disaster.