1928 Stillwater 1940 (1942)
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter
Built at South Bank-on-Tees England by Smith’s Dock Co., Hull 839
Launched
258’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’2” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 900 IHP
Enrolled at
253.0 x 43.4 x 18.4, 1796 GT, 1134 NT Br 147799 to:
Water Transports Ltd., Montreal QC, a subsidiary of Montreal Light, Heat & Power Co. (home port Middlesbrough England)
Entered service 1928
Transferred 1932 to Canadian Lake Carriers Ltd.
Enrollment transferred to Canada Can 147799 (home port to Montreal QC)
Transferred 1938 to Keystone Transports Ltd. and renamed Keyholt.
Requisitioned 1940 for off-Lakes service during World War II and left the Great Lakes
Wrecked Nov 29, 1942 off mouth of Demarara River, British Guiana (the shoal on which she was wrecked has since been known as the Keyholt Shoal).
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