1925                                  Norman B. MacPherson                                  1959 (1979)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Old Kilpatrick Scotland by Napier & Miller, Hull 247
Launched Feb 27, 1925

261’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’3” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at Glasgow Scotland
253.1 x 43.2 x 17.9, 1743 GT, 1236 NT     Br 148846     to:
Eastern Steamship Co., Port Colborne ON, Boland & Cornelius, Mgr. (home port Glasgow Scotland)

Entered service 1925

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1931     Can 148846     (home port to St. Catharines ON)

Sold April 1936 to Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Toronto ON

Transferred 1953 to Norris Grain Co. (home port to Toronto ON)

Sold 1959 to Harbour Development Ltd., Saint John NB for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Loadmaster 1960 and Ile d’Orleans 1972

Scrapped 1979 at Sorel QC

IMO 5210076

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