1925                                  Robert P. Kernan                                  1960

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Hull 76
Launched July 6, 1925

261’ LOA, 252’ LBP, 43’ beam, 19’ depth

1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 850 IHP

Enrolled at Montreal QC
252.0 x 43.1 x 16.8, 1824 GT, 983 NT     Can 151043     to:
George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal QC (home port Montreal QC)

Entered service 1925

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

Renamed Barrie 1927

Laid up at end of 1958 season at Kingston ON and did not operate again

Sold for scrap 1960 to Steel Company of Canada and scrapped at Hamilton ON

See history in Scanner Summer 2008 (#316)

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