1930                                     Cementkarrier                             1978 (1986)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size self-unloading bulk freighter

Built at Haverton Hill-on-Tees England by Furness Shipbuilding Co., Hull 175
Launched April 16, 1930

258’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’2” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired diesel engine, 775 BHP

Enrolled at
253.0 x 43.4 x 18.6, 1971 GT, 1127 NT     Br 160732     to:
Canada Cement Transport Ltd., Montreal QC (home port Middlesborough England)

Entered service Aug 1930

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1932     Can 160732     (home port to Montreal QC)

Remeasured 1954 to 2013 GT, 1144 NT

Lengthened 1960 at Lauzon QC by Davie Shipbuilding Co.
Remeasured to 302.5 x 43.4 x 18.7, 2415 GT, 1220 NT

Sold 1978 to Three Rivers Boatmen Ltd., Trois Rivieres QC for use on the St. Lawrence River as a salvage barge and left the Great Lakes.

Renamed General Karrier 1979

Scrapped 1986 at Contrecoeur QC

IMO 5067089

See history in Scanner Midsummer 1995 (#222)

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