1908 Acadian 1 1916 (1916)
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size package freighter
Built at Port Glasgow Scotland by Clyde Ship Building & Engineering Co., Hull 278
Launched
256’ LOA, 248’6” LBP, 43’ beam, 26’6” depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine,
Enrolled at Glasgow Scotland
248.5 x 43.0 x 23.7, 2305 GT, 1457 NT Br 124258 to:
Mutual Steamship Co., (home port Glasgow Scotland)
Entered service 1908
Enrollment transferred to Canada 1915 Can 124258 (home port to Montreal QC)
Requisitioned 1916 by Canadian government for off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes.
Sunk Sept 16, 1916 by German submarine U-117 off Trevose Island, southwest England, Atlantic Ocean
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Thank you so much for your research and this website.
My grandparents lived in the thumb area and had a framed
picture of Acadian in the dining room of their farmhouse.
Grandpa told us he had sailed the Great Lakes on it.
He was a teamster in Montana in 1906 but was called to
work in San Francisco after the big fire. His name was
Lewis Lefol Watson. Judging from your information his time
on the lakes was after his lumbering days. Thanks again for
The time and energy you have devoted to this site. The
photograph of the Acadian is proudly displayed in our home.