Prince Rupert

1908                                  Prince Rupert                                  1915 (1915)

 

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

 

Built at Dumbarton Scotland
Launched

257’3” LOA, 249’ LBP, 43’ beam, 25’ depth

1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine,

Enrolled at Glasgow Scotland
249.0 x 43.0 x 19.5, 1908 GT, 1172 NT     Br 124260     to:
Kingston Shipping Co., Kingston ON, Calvin Co., Mgr. (home port Glasgow Scotland)

Entered service 1908

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1911     Can 124260     (home port to Kingston ON)

Sold 1914 to Montreal Transportation Co., Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)

Renamed Northmount 1915.

Requisitioned 1915 for off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes.

War loss Dec 1915, North Atlantic Ocean.

 

 

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