1903                                  Fairmount     1                                   1915 (1915)

Steel St. Lawrence Canal size bulk freighter

Built at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng. by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 288
Launched

257’ LOA, 248’ LBP, 42’ beam, 23’ depth
Hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1200 IHP

Enrolled at Newcastle Eng.
248.6 x 42.0 x 20.6, 1895 GT, 1184 NT     Can 112276     to:
Montreal Transporation Co., Montreal QC (home port Montreal QC)

Entered Great Lakes service 1903

Sold March 10, 1915 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.

Stranded Aug 23, 1915 off Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean.  Enroute with cargo of coal from Newport News VA to Cienfuegos Cuba.

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