(1891) 1907 Corunna 1915 (1938)
Steel ocean freighter
Built at Leith Scotland by Ramage & Ferguson, Hull 109
Launched 1891
238’ LOA, 230’ LBP, 34’1” beam, 21’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 600 IHP
Operated in ocean service by Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co., London Eng., J. Currie & Co., Mgr. Br 99224 (home port Leith Scotland)
Sold 1906 to Canadian Lake & Ocean Navigation Co., Toronto ON, C.H.F. Plummer, Mgr.
Entered Great Lakes service 1907
Remeasured to 230.0 x 34.1 x 19.7, 1269 GT, 792 NT
Sold 1913 to Corunna Shipping Ltd., a subsidiary of Dominion Iron & Steel Co., Halifax NS
Enrollment transferred to Canada Can 99224 (home port to Montreal QC)
Transferred about 1915 to off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes.
Scrapped 1938 at Sydney NS
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My great grand father, John Ferguson served as engineer on the Corunna in the late 19th and early 20th century. He died of cancer at 36. Do you have any crew info for the Corunna?
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