Calgary

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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  1. 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.

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