1923 Judge Hart 1942
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter
Built at Cowes, Isle of Wight England by J. Samuel White & Co., Hull 1599
Launched April 21, 1923
261’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’3” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 900 IHP
Enrolled at Cowes, Isle of Wight England
253.2 x 43.2 x 17.8, 1729 GT, 1112 NT Br 146247 to:
Eastern Steamship Co., St. Catharines ON, Boland & Cornelius, Mgr. (home port Cowes, Isle of Wight England)
Entered service 1923
Enrollment transferred to Canada 1931 Can 146247 (home port to St. Catharines ON)
Sold Dec 29, 1936 to Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Toronto ON
Wrecked Nov 27, 1942 on Fitzsimmons Rocks in heavy storm off Ashburton Bay, Lake Superior.
No lives lost. Downbound with cargo of wheat from Fort William ON to Toronto ON.
Wreck slipped off rocks and sank in deep water.
See history in Scanner Oct 1992 (#198)
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What was the Judge Hart’s name before it was sold in 1936.
I can see a name bleeding thru under the name Judge Hart??
Watch the dive video’s and you will see it on the bow.
Judge Hart 2012 by Terry Irvine 7 Yr’s ago.
Thank You: Bill
She was always Judge Hart. Your bleed could have been from her original fleet name.
SS Judge Grounding November 1942
My father Harold David Foote was Chief Engineer at the time.
Brian M Foote