Canadian Warrior

(1919) 1922                                  Canadian Warrior                                  1925 (1926)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Hull 61
Launched Dec 21, 1918

251’ LBP, 43’ beam, 24’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1400 IHP

Enrolled at Montreal QC
251.0 x 43.6 x 23.6, 2409 GT, 1453 NT     Can 140960     to:
Minister of Marine & Fisheries, Ottawa ON (home port Montreal QC)
Vessel built for the Canadian government merchant marine under its World War I vessel construction program.  Each vessel was assigned to an individual firm identifying the name of the vessel.

Transferred 1920 to Canadian Warrior Ltd.

Participated in the fall grain trade on the Great Lakes beginning in 1922

Sold Oct 20, 1925 to Canada-Cuba Steamship Co. for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Emperor of Saint John 1925

Wrecked Dec 7, 1926 at Ballentyne Cove, Cape George NB

 

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