Simla

1903                                 Simla                                 1926

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Garden Island ON by The Calvin Co.
Launched May 9, 1903

230’8” LOA, 225’6” LBP, 34’8” beam, 15’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 700 IHP

Enrolled at
225.6 x 34.8 x 15.0, 1490 GT, 973 NT     Can 112144     to:
The Calvin Co., Garden City ON (home port Kingston ON)

Entered service 1903

Remeasured 1912 to 1197 GT, 731 NT

Sold 1914 to Montreal Transportation Co., Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)

Firm merged 1921 into Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Burned Nov 19, 1926 at her layup dock at Portsmouth ON.  Hull towed into Lake Ontario 1927 and scuttled.

 

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