Dundee

1906                                  Dundee                                  1915 (1917)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size package freighter

Built at Dundee Scotland by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Hull 41
Launched

259’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 43’2” beam, 23’5” depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1200 IHP

Enrolled at Hamilton Ont.
250.0 x 43.2 x 23.5, 2278 GT, 1431 NT     Can 112208     to:
Dundee Steamship Co., Hamilton ON, R.O. and A.B. Mackay, Mgr. (home port Hamilton ON)

Entered service 1906

Transferred 1909 to Inland Navigation Co., Hamilton ON

Fleet merged 1911 into Inland Lines Ltd.

Fleet merged 1913 into Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Transferred 1915 to off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes.

Sunk Jan 13, 1917 by German submarine U-55 off Cornwall England.

 

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