Sarniadoc 1

1929                                           Sarniadoc     1                                1940 (1942)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Whiteinch Scotland by Barclay Curle & Co., Hull 629
Launched Feb 27, 1929

259’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’2” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 750 IHP

Enrolled at
252.7 x 43.3 x 17.8, 1940 GT, 1160 NT     Br 149496     to:
Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1929

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1930     Can 149496     (home port to Fort William ON)

Requisitioned 1940 for off-Lakes service during World War II and left the Great Lakes

Apparently sunk by German torpedo about March 15, 1942 in Caribbean Sea.  Had cleared Demerara British Guiana March 9 with bauxite for St. Thomas Virgin Islands and had called at Trinidad on March 12.  All hands lost.

 

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