Fairlake

1929                                    Fairlake                                                  1960

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Whiteinch Scotland by Barclay Curle & Co., Hull 633
Launched April 22, 1929

259’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’2” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 750 IHP

Enrolled at
252.7 x 43.3 x 17.8, 1940 GT, 1160 NT     Br 161520     to:
Fairport Steamship Co., Welland ON, Jenkins Steamship Co., Mgr. (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1929

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1931     Can 161520     (home port to Montreal QC)

Sold 1933 to Huron Steamships Ltd., Port Colborne ON, Ralph S. Misener, Mgr.

Fleet transferred 1939 to Sarnia Steamships Ltd., Sarnia ON.

Renamed Ralph S. Misener  (1) 1944

Fleet merged 1951 into Colonial Steamships Ltd., Port Colborne ON.

Renamed C. A. Ansell 1954

Fleet renamed Scott Misener Steamships Ltd. 1959

Sold for scrap 1960 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Scrapped at Port Colborne.

 

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