Glencorrie

1923                                  Glencorrie                                  1961 (1974)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1195
Launched March 1, 1923

261’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’4” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 654 IHP

Enrolled at Newcastle England
253.0 x 42.5 x 17.9, 1783 GT, 1034 NT     Br 145511     to:
Glen Line Ltd., Midland ON (home port Newcastle England)

Entered service April 1923

Fleet sold Feb 12, 1925 to George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)
Enrollment transferred to Canada     Can 145511

Fleet sold March 10, 1926 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Renamed Simcoe  (1) 1927

Sold 1961 to Northern Offshore Drilling Ltd., Kingston ON (home port to Kingston ON)
Converted to drilling barge for drilling in Lake Erie and retired from active service as a commercial freight vessel

Renamed Nordrill 1964

Sold for scrap 1974 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.

IMO 5328598

 

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