Glengeldie

1923                                  Glengeldie                                  1963

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Newcastle-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1144
Launched April 3, 1923

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, 1906 GT, 1123 NT     Br 145518     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 145518

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

Renamed Elgin 1927

Sold for scrap 1963 to Steel Company of Canada and scrapped at Hamilton ON

 

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