Nevada 1

(1890) 1907                                  Nevada     1                                  1915 (1938)

Steel ocean freighter

Built at Leith Scotland by Ramage & Ferguson, Hull 101
Launched 1890

238’ LOA, 230’ LBP, 34’1” beam, 21’1” depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 600 IHP

Operated in ocean service by Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co., London Eng., J. Currie & Co., Mgr.      Br 95225     (home port Leith Scotland)

Sold 1906 to Canadian Lake & Ocean Navigation Co., Toronto ON, C.H.F. Plummer, Mgr.

Entered Great Lakes service 1907
Remeasured to 230.0 x 34.1 x 19.5, 1276 GT, 794 NT

Sold 1913 to Nevada Shipping Ltd., a subsidiary of Dominion Iron & Steel Co., Halifax NS
Enrollment transferred to Canada     Can 95225     (home port to Montreal QC)

Transferred about 1915 to off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes.

Converted 1925 to an oil barge.

Scrapped 1938 at Sorel QC

 

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