1903 John Lambert 1916 (1916)
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter
Built at Chicago IL by Chicago Shipbuilding Co., Hull 59
Launched May 9, 190255’
LOA, 241’ LBP, 41’ beam, 18’ depth
6 hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 600 IHP
Enrolled at Chicago IL May 23, 1903 (#87)
241.0 x 41.0 x 15.6, 1550 GT, 929 NT US 77583 to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)
Entered service 1903
Reenrolled at Duluth MN July 30, 1903 (#7) to:
Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Duluth MN, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr.
(home port to Duluth MN)
Management of fleet transferred 1905 to D. Sullivan & Co., Chicago IL (home port remained Duluth MN)
Converted to crane vessel 1912 at Chicago IL by Ship Owners Dry Dock Co.
Sold Aug 8, 1916 to the French government for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes
Renamed Houlgate (France) 1916
Lost Nov 22, 1916 off Isle of Wight, Atlantic Ocean. Enroute from Montreal QC with coal for Havre France on her delivery voyage to her new owners.
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I am searching for information on the John Lambert. My father was the cook on the vessel about 1915, married my mother that year, and honeymooned on the steamer Lambert to Montreal. My mother “assisted” my father the cook.