Glenbuckie

1923                                  Glenbuckie                                  1941 (1942)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1197
Launched

261’ LOA, 252’ LBP, 42’4” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine,

Enrolled at Newcastle England
252.0 x 42.5 x 18.0, 1901 GT, 1118 NT     Br 145516     to:
Glen Line Ltd., Midland ON (home port Newcastle England)

Entered service 1923

Fleet sold Feb 12, 1925 to George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)
Enrollment transferred to Canada     Can 145516

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

Renamed Norfolk  (1) 1927

Requisitioned 1941 for off-Lakes service during World War II and left the Great Lakes

Sunk Sept 18, 1942 by German submarine off Venezuela

 

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