Steelton 1

1914                                  Steelton     1                                  1915 (1934)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Sunderland England by Sunderland Shipbuilding Co., Hull 282
Launched

258’6” LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’6” beam, 18’6” depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 900 IHP

Enrolled at
250.0 x 42.6 x 16.4, 1750 GT, 1131 NT     Br 132078     to:
Mathews Steamship Co., Toronto ON (home port Sunderland England)

Entered service 1914

Requisitioned 1915 for off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Jolly Helen 1920 and Helicon 1921

Scrapped 1934

 

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