Royal George

Cunard Line steamship built 1907 at Glasgow by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd. as the "Heliopolis" for British owners. Taken over and renamed "Royal George" by the Royal Line (Canadian Northern Steamships Ltd.) in 1910 to serve on Avonmouth - Quebec - Montreal service. Became a war transport in 1914. Purchased by the Cunard Line in 1916. Scrapped 1922. This image is from an old photo postcard. For more ship history see: S/S Royal George