1903 S. N. Parent 1959
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter
Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Hull 151
Launched Feb 28, 1903
255’ LOA, 241’ LBP, 41’ beam, 18’ depth
6 hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 650 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI April 24, 1903 (#55)
241.0 x 41.1 x 18.8, 1640 GT, 987 NT US 117240 to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)
Entered service 1903
Reenrolled at Duluth MN May 7, 1903 (#91) 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)
Sold Aug 8, 1916 to the French government for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes
Renamed Veulettes (France) 1916
Sold 1921 to Glen Steamships Ltd., Midland ON, James Playfair, Mgr.,renamed Glenarm and returned to the Great Lakes
Enrolled British at 245.8 x 41.0 x 15.3, 1564 GT, 1005 NT Br 145464
Fleet sold Feb 12, 1925 to George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal QC
Enrollment transferred to Canada Can 145464 (home port to Montreal QC)
Fleet sold March 10, 1926 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC
Renamed Camrose 1927
Laid up at Kingston ON at the end of the 1929 season and probably did not operate again for this fleet.
Sold 1937 to Manseau Shipyard, Sorel QC
Transferred 1938 to Marine Industries Ltd. (home port to Sorel QC)
Transferred 1942 to Branch Lines Ltd. and renamed Palmleaf.
Remeasured to 1522 GT, 892 NT
Sold 1949 to Diamond Steamship Co., Owen Sound ON, George Hindman, Mgr. (home port to Owen Sound ON) and renamed Blanche Hindman (1)
Sold 1951 to Reoch Steamship Co., Montreal QC
Renamed Parkdale (1) 1952
Deepened 1953 at Port Dalhousie ON by Port Dalhousie Dry Dock Co.
Remeasured to 20.7 depth and 1912 GT, 1311 NT
Sold 1956 to Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Toronto ON
Fleet renamed Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. 1959
Sold for scrap 1959 to A. Newman & Co., St. Catharines ON and scrapped at St. Catharines
See history in Scanner May 2005 (#292)
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