Crowe, G.R.

1907                                  G. R. Crowe                                  1916 (1927)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Dundee Scotland by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Hull 199
Launched

272’ LOA, 252’ LBP, 43’ beam, 27’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1079 IHP

Enrolled at Dundee Scotland
2270 GT     Br 123324     to:
St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam Navigation Co., Toronto ON (home port Dundee Scotland)

Entered service 1907

Rebuilt and lengthened 1910 at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co.
Enrollment transferred to Canada     331.0 x 43.4 x 22.9, 2940 GT, 2347 NT     Can 123324     (home port to Toronto ON)

Sold 1915 to G. R. Crowe Steamship Co.,

Sold March 6, 1916 for off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes.  Cut in two parts at Buffalo NY by Buffalo Shipbuilding Co. and towed to Montreal QC, where the parts were rejoined by Canadian Vickers Ltd.

Scrapped 1927

 

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