Belvoir 1

1925                                  Belvoir     1                                  1963 (1965)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1269
Launched

261’ LOA, 248’ LBP, 43’ beam, 25’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at
248.1 x 43.7 x 22.9, 2310 GT, 1672 NT     Br 195620     to:
International Waterways Navigation Co., Montreal QC

Entered service 1925

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1927     Can 195620     (home port to Montreal QC)

Sold 1933 to Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co., Thorold ON and renamed New York News  (2)

Sold 1963 to Buckport Shipping Co. Ltd. for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Buckport 1963

Scrapped 1965 at Montreal QC by St. Lawrence Iron & Metal Inc.

 

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