Devereux, J. H.

1885                              J. H. Devereux                                          1945

Iron Great Lakes bulk and package freight vessel

Built at Cleveland OH by Globe Iron Works, Hull 9
Launched April 18, 1885

253’ LOA, 246’ LBP, 37’ beam, 22’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 600 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH May 15, 1885 (#42)
243.3 x 37.0 x 19.4, 1618.63 GT, 1312.14 NT     US 76573     to:
Phillip Minch et al, Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Entered service 1885

Transferred 1895 to Nicholas Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH)

Sold 1907 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Sold March 17, 1923 to Mullen Coal Co., Detroit MI and returned to the Great Lakes

Renamed John Mullen 1924

Sold 1939 to Nicholson Transit Co., Detroit MI for conversion to diesel power.  Hull found to be  unsound.  Declared unfit for service and laid up at Nicholson dock at Ecorse MI

Scrapped 1946 at Ecorse MI

 

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