1927                                  Kingdoc     1                                  1961

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Newcastle-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1297
Launched April 2, 1927

261’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’ beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 830 IHP

Enrolled at
252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8, 1926 GT, 1152 NT     Can 149429     to:
Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port Fort William ON)

Entered service 1927

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

Stranded 1943 off the coast of Cuba.  Sold back to previous owner, returned to the Great Lakes, repaired at Kingston ON by the Kingston Shipyard and returned to Great Lakes service.

Deepened 4’ 1949 at Fort William ON by Western Engineering Service Ltd.
Remeasured to 21.9 depth and 2140 GT, 1520 NT

Remeasured 1953 to 2211 GT, 1523 NT

Fleet merged 1959 into parent N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd.

Sold for scrap 1961 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON

See history in Scanner Nov 1977 (#69)

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