1913 Glenfoyle 1915 (1917)
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter
Built at Londonderry Northern Ireland by North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Hull 56
Launched
259’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’5” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 750 IHP
Enrolled at Londoderry Northern Ireland
250.0 x 42.5 x 17.4, 1680 GT, 1051 NT Br 135641 to:
James Richardson & Sons Ltd., (home port Londonderry Northern Ireland)
Entered service 1913
Sold 1915 to Great Lakes Transportation Co., Midland ON
Enrollment transferred to Canada 1916 Can 135641 (home port to Midland ON)
Requisitioned 1916 for off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes
Renamed Donlevon 1916 and Stonecrop 1917
Sunk Sept 18, 1917 off Ireland, Atlantic Ocean by German submarine U-43.
See history in Scanner Nov 1984 (#132)
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