1912 Calgary 1916 (1947)
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter
Built at Newcastle-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 892
Launched
259’ LOA, 248’ LBP, 42’6” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, ion engine,
Enrolled at Newcastle-on-Tyne England
248.0 x 42.5 x 17.3, 1639 GT, 1306 NT Br 133514 to:
James Richardson & Sons Ltd., (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)
Sold 1915 to Great Lakes Transportation Co.,
Enrollment transferred to Canada 1915 Can 133514 (home port to Midland ON)
Sold 1916 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes
Renamed Bacoi (
Scrapped 1947
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Really impressed that the British were installing ‘ion engine’s on their bulk freighters in 1912. This has to be a major milestone for the Great Lakes.