1913                                  Glenmavis                                  1959

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Londonderry Northern Ireland by North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Hull 55
Launched

256’6” LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’5” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 750 IHP

Enrolled at Newcastle England
250.0 x 42.5 x 17.4, 1686 GT, 1055 NT     Br 133533     to:
James Richardson & Sons Ltd., (home port Londonderry Northern Ireland)

Entered service 1913

Sold 1915 to Great Lakes Transportation Co., Midland ON

Requisitioned 1916 for off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1917     Can 133533     (home port to Midland ON)

Returned 1921 to previous owner and returned to the Great Lakes

Sold Feb 12, 1925 to George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal QC

Fleet sold March 10, 1926 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Renamed Acadian  (2) 1927

Sold for scrap 1959 to Steel Company of Canada.  Scrapped at Kingston ON

See history in Scanner Nov 1984 (#132)

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