1929                                  Ralph Gilchrist                                  1962

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1373
Launched Feb 9, 1929

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

Enrolled at
252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8, 1927 GT, 1147 NT     Br 149493     to:
Sarnia Steamships Ltd., Sarnia ON (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1929

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1931     Can 149493     (home port to Sarnia ON)

Renamed E. P. Murphy 1944

Fleet merged 1951 into Colonial Steamships Ltd., Port Colborne ON

Fleet renamed Scott Misener Steamships Ltd. 1959

Sold 1959 to Westdale Shipping Ltd. and renamed Westdale  (1)

Sold for scrap 1962 to Steel Company of Canada.  Scrapped at Hamilton ON

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