Keywest 1

1909                                  Keywest     1                                  1946

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wighamd Richardson, Hull 817
Launched

261’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’6” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 570 IHP

Enrolled at Newcastle-on-Tyne England
250.0 x 42.5 x 18.0, 1725 GT, 1298 NT     Br. 125458     to:
Keystone Transportation Co., Montreal QC, a subsidiary of Montreal Light, Heat & Power Co. (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1909

Fleet renamed Keystone Transportation Co. of Canada 1911

Fleet renamed Keystone Transports Ltd. 1921

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1932     Can 125458     (home port to Montreal QC)

Scrapped Kingston ON 1947

 

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