Drumahoe

1924                                  Drumahoe                                  1961

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Londonderry Northern Ireland by North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Hull 105
Launched

261’ LOA, 252’ LBP, 42’4” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 900 IHP

Enrolled at
252.0 x 42.5 x 18.0, 1902 GT, 1126 NT     Br 148079     to:
Carter Wood Lines Ltd., Montreal QC, Carter & Wood, Mgr. (home port Newcastle England)

Entered service 1924

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1926     Can 148079     (home port to Montreal QC)

Sold 1934 to Huron Steamships Ltd., Port Colborne ON, Scott Misener, Mgr.

Fleet transferred 1939 to Sarnia Steamships Ltd.

Renamed Frank H. Brown 1944

Fleet merged 1951 into Colonial Steamships Ltd.

Fleet renamed Scott Misener Steamships Ltd. 1959

Laid up at end of 1959 season and did not operate again

Sold for scrap 1961 to S. Spiegel Ltd., Deseronto ON.  Towed to Deseronto and scrapped there by Crawford Metals Ltd.

 

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