1927                                  Hamildoc     1                                  1940 (1943)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Sunderland England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1313
Launched

261’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’ beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 843 IHP

Enrolled at
252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8, 1926 GT, 1151 NT     Can 149433     to:
Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port Fort William ON)

Entered service 1927

Requisitioned 1940 for off-Lakes service during World War II and left the Great Lakes

Foundered Jan 1, 1943 in gale off Venezuela coast, Atlantic Ocean

See history in Scanner Nov 1977 (#69)

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