Gordon, D.A.

1910                                  D. A. Gordon                                  1915 (1917)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size package freighter

Built at Glasgow Scotland by Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Hull 289
Launched

259’3” LOA, 249’3” LBP, 43’ beam, 23’7” depth
2 decks

Enrolled at Glasgow Scotland
249.3 x 43.0 x 23.7, 2301 GT, 1434 NT     Br 129479
Canada Shipping Co., Toronto ON (home port Glasgow Scotland)

Sold 1911 to International Steamship Co., Toronto ON, J. W. Norcross, Mgr.

Fleet merged 1912 to Canadian Interlake Line, Toronto ON

Fleet merged 1915 into Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1915     Can 129479     (home port to Montreal QC)

Chartered 1915 for off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes

Sunk Dec 12, 1917 by German submarine U-64 off Spain.

 

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