1928 Novadoc 2 1940
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter
Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1345
Launched
259’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’2” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 750 IHP
Enrolled at
252.8 x 43.3 x 17.8, 1934 GT, 1152 NT Br 149465 to:
Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)
Entered service 1928
Enrollment transferred to Canada 1930 Can 149465 (home port to Fort William ON)
Driven ashore Nov 11, 1940 in the “Armistice Day storm” near Pentwater MI, Lake Michigan. Two lives lost. Enroute from Chicago IL to Port Alfred QC with cargo of sulphite coke.
See history in Scanner Oct and Nov 2003 (#279)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 312
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My Grandfather PERCY W PRATT was Chief Engineer on her in 1928