Keystate

1923                                  Keystate                                   1962

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at South Bank-on-Tees England by Smith’s Dock Co., Hull 777
Launched

261’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’6” beam, 19’9” depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 825 IHP

Enrolled at Middlesbrough England
250.3 x 42.6 x 16.9, 1729 GT, 1084 NT     Br 147761     to:
Keystone Transports Ltd., Montreal QC, a subsidiary of Montreal Light, Heat & Power Co. (home port Middlesbrough England)

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1932     Can 147761     (home port to Montreal QC)

Entered service April 1923

Fleet sold 1955 to La Verendrye Lines Ltd., Montreal QC

Fleet sold 1962 to Hall Corporation of Canada, Montreal QC
Vessel did not operate for this fleet

Sold for scrap 1962 to A. Newman & Co.  Scrapped at Port Dalhousie ON.

 

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