This page provides information on ships that are connected to the history of the 15th Battalion from the 1st Contingent convoy vessels that transported the unit to England in 1914 through to the vessels that repatriated the Battalion’s men in 1919.
First canadian contingent
Click the image to the right to go to an American site with lots of detail about the convoy that carried the First Canadian Division to England.
![SS Megantic postcard kept by Sgt C Ashling (Captured 2nd Ypres24 April 1915. Interned Gottingen POW camp, Germany.)](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SS-Megantic-postcard.jpg)
![HMS Glory. Canopus class pre dreadnought battleship.Starboard escort.](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HMS-Glory.jpg)
![HMS Talbot.Eclipse class cruiser and convoy rear escort](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HMS-Talbot.jpg)
![HMS Princess Royal. Dreadnought class battleship. Port escort](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HMS-Princess-Royal.jpg)
![HMS Charybydis. Astraea class cruiser and column Y lead ship](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HMS-Charybydis.jpg)
![HMS Diana. Eclipse Class cruiser. Convoy escort and column Y lead ship](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HMS-Diana.jpg)
![HMS Eclipse. Eclipse Class cruiser. Convoy escort and column Z lead ship](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HMS-Eclipse.jpg)
![HMS Magnificent. Majestic class pre dreadnought battleship. Convoy lead ship](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HMS-Magnificent.jpg)
15th Battalion Troop transports
![](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/RMS-Baltic-1-300x197.jpg)
More photos are here: Photographic History – Repatriation 1919
![RMS Megantic. White Star troopship that carried 1,647 troops of the Div Ammo Colmn, A Div Signals Co and the 15th Battalion. Departed 30 Sept and arrived at Plymouth 16 Oct 1914.](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/19l..jpg)
![SS Mount Temple transported the 15th Bn from Bristol Avonmouth to St Nazaire 12-15 Feb 1915](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SS-Mount-Temple.jpg)
![SS Lorina transported the 15th Bn from Le HavreTo Weymouth UK 20-24 March 1919](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SS-Lorina.jpg)
![RMS Baltic transported the 15th Bn from Liverpool toHalifax 29 April-7 May 1919](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/RMS-Baltic.jpg)
![SS Canada transported 15th Bn repatriated POWs to Canada in 1919](https://15thbattalioncef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SS-Canada.jpg)