Newbrundoc 2

1928                                  Newbrundoc     2                                  1963

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1347
Launched

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, 1934 GT, 1152 NT     Br 149466     to:
Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1928

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1930     Can 149466     (home port to Fort William ON)

Deepened 4’ 1949 at Montreal QC by St. Lawrence Dry Docks Ltd.
Remeasured to 21.9 depth and 2208 GT, 1521 NT

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

Sold for scrap 1963 to Wortsman Enterprises Ltd.  Scrapped at Toronto ON

 

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