1929 Bulkarier 1968 (1980)
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size self-unloading bulk cement carrier
Built at Haverton Hill-on-Tees England by Furness Shipbuilding Co., Hull 147
Launched
258’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’2” beam, 25’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1250 IHP
Enrolled at
253.0 x 43.3 x 23.9, 2376 GT, 1392 NT Br 160726 to:
Canada Cement Transport Ltd., Montreal QC (home port Middlesborough England)
Entered service 1929
Enrollment transferred to Canada 1930 Can 160726 (home port to Montreal QC)
Remeasured 1947 to 43.4 beam and 2408 GT, 1413 NT
Remeasured 1948 to 2399 GT, 1245 NT
Lengthened 1961 at Lauzon P.Q. by Davie Shipbuilding Ltd.
Remeasured to 326.0 length and 3114 GT, 1694 NT
Sold 1968 to J. D. Irving Ltd. for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes
Rebuilt with hopper bottom and used as a spoils carrier on the lower St. Lawrence River
Renamed Sable Island 1972
Scrapped 1980 at St. Hyacinthe QC
IMO 5055012
2933