1928                                  Lavaldoc                                  1963

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1331
Launched Feb 23, 1928

259’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’2” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers triple expansion engine, 750 IHP

Enrolled at
252.8 x 43.3 x 17.8, 1918 GT, 1142 NT     Br 149456     to:
Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1928

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1930     Can 149456     (home port to Fort William ON)

Deepened 4’ 1950 at Port Arthur ON by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co.
Remeasured to 21.9 depth and 2144 GT, 1483 NT

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

Sold for scrap 1963 to Century Metals & Equipment Inc.

Some sources report that she was renamed Canal Trader in 1964 in off-Lakes service

Scrapped 1964-1965

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