1929                                  Grainmotor                                  1966 (1974)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Lauzon P.Q. by Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co., Hull 503
Launched April 1929

257’ LOA, 252’ LBP, 43’ beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, oil-fired diesel engine, 1100 BHP

Enrolled at Montreal QC.
251.9 x 43.1 x 18.3, 1829 GT, 1093 NT     Can 154473     to:
Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC. (home port Montreal QC.)

Entered service 1929

Deepened 1961 at Lauzon QC by Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co.
Remeasured to 252.4 x 43.1 x 23.4, 2252 GT, 1351 NT

Laid up at Kingston ON at end of 1964 season and did not operate on the Great Lakes again

Sold 1966 to Bahamas Shipowners Ltd. for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.

Renamed Bulk Gold (British) 1967 and Andy (Nicaragua) 1974

Foundered July 24, 1974 enroute from Pensacola FL to Guayaquil Ecuador

IMO 5134636

See history in Scanner May 1973 (#31)
Also March 2005 (#290)

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