1890                                  Castalia                                  1918 (1919)

Steel Great Lakes

Built at Cleveland OH by Globe Iron Works, Hull 28
Launched Oct 31, 1889

302’6” LOA, 292’ LBP, 40’ beam, 24’6” depth
2 decks, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH April 14, 1890 (#86)
292.5 x 40.6 x 21.6, 2512.53 GT, 1840.90 NT     US 126610     to:
Brown Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Harvey H. Brown, Mgr. (home port Rockport OH)
(Built to replace steamer Chas J. Sheffield, lost June 1889)

Entered service 1890

Lengthened 72’  1905 at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co. (home port to Fairport OH)
Remeasured at 365.5 x 40.0 x 24.5, 3125 GT, 2229 NT

Cargo hold reconstructed 1912. 
Remeasured to 3092 GT, 2178 NT

Enclosures on upper deck rebuilt 1913. 
Remeasured to 364.0 x 40.0 x 24.5, 3087 GT, 2178 NT

Sold Dec 15, 1916 to Mentor Transit Co., Cleveland OH, W. C. Richardson & Co., Mgr.

Sold Feb 26, 1918 to U. S. Shipping Board, Washington DC for off-Lakes service during World War I.  Cut in two, towed to tidewater and rejoined.  Great Lakes enrollment surrendered at New York NY Dec 21, 1918

Foundered Jan 11, 1919 off Sable Island NS, Atlantic Ocean.  4 lives lost

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