Botsford, N.H.

1922                                  N. H. Botsford                                  1940 (1951)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Three Rivers QC by Fraser Brace Ltd., Hull 18
Launched

259’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 43’ beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1200 IHP

Enrolled at Montreal QC
251.2 x 43.0 x 18.1, 2068 GT, 1219 NT     Can 150709     to:
George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal QC (home port Montreal QC)

Entered service Sept 1922

Fleet sold 1926 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Renamed Knowlton 1927

Requisitioned 1940 for off-Lakes service during World War II and left the Great Lakes

Scrapped 1951

 

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