1929                                                        Phenicia                                                                                1965

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Sunderland England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1367
Launched March 1929

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 43.4 x 17.8, 1938 GT, 1157 NT     Br 149498     to:
Inland Steamship Co., Winnipeg MB (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1929

Sold 1931 to St. Lawrence Steamships Ltd., Montreal QC and renamed Cheyenne

Enrollment transferred to Canada     Can 149498     (home port to Montreal QC)

Sold 1946 to Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port to Fort William ON) and renamed Soreldoc  (2).

Deepened at Montreal QC
Remeasured to 253.5 x 43.4 x 21.8, 2210 GT, 1550 NT

Remeasured 1954 to 2214 GT, 1526 NT

Sold for scrap 1965 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Steel Company of Canada and scrapped at Hamilton ON.

See history in Scanner Dec 1995 (#225)

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