1908                                  Adam E. Cornelius     1                                  1976

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at St. Clair MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 53
Keel laid Feb 13, 1908; launched May 2, 1908

440’ LOA, 420’ LBP, 52’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI June 4, 1908 (Temp #28)
420.0 x 52.0 x 24.0, 4900 GT, 3736 NT     US 205239     to:
Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Detroit MI June 11, 1908 (Temp #84) to:
American Steamship Co., Buffalo NY, Boland & Cornelius, Mgr. (home port to Buffalo NY)

Entered service June 12, 1908 clearing Detroit MI light to Cleveland OH for a cargo of coal.

Permanent enrollment at Buffalo NY July 15, 1908 (#4)

Lengthened 55’ and converted to self-unloader 1942 at Manitowoc WI by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.
Remeasured to 475.0 x 52.2 x 24.0, 4939 GT, 3853 NT

Renamed Detroit Edison  (1) 1948

Renamed George F. Rand 1954

Sold 1962 to Leadale Shipping Ltd., N. J. Reoch, Mgr. (home port to Hamilton Bermuda) and renamed Avondale.
Enrolled Bermudan at 5663 GT, 3796 NT     Br 316352

Boilers converted 1967 to oil firing.

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1974     Can 316352     (home port Hamilton ON)

Condemned for carriage of cargo by American Bureau of Shipping Nov 27, 1975 while trying to load cargo of soya beans at Toledo OH.  Sailed to Port Colborne ON and laid up.

Sold for scrap 1976 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Forward cabins destroyed Aug 26, 1978 by fire set by vandals.  Resold June 1979 to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC July 6, 1979 with str. Ferndale towed by Polish tug Jantar.  Tow arrived Castellon Spain Aug 3, 1979

IMO 5031638

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 18

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