1928                                  Soreldoc     1                                  1940 (1945)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1335
Launched

259’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’2” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 750 IHP

Enrolled at
253.0 x 43.3 x 17.8, 1926 GT, 1147 NT     Br 149460     to:
Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1928

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1930     Can 149460     (home port to Fort William ON)

Requisitioned 1940 for off-Lakes service during World War II and left the Great Lakes

Torpedoed and sunk Feb 28, 1945 in the Irish Sea.  15 lost.  Enroute from Swansea Wales to Liverpool England

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