Chemong

1924                                  Chemong                                  1961

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Londonderry Northern Ireland by North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Hull 104
Launched

261’ LOA, 252’ LBP, 42’4” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 900 IHP

Enrolled at
252.0 x 42.5 x 18.0, 1902 GT, 1126 NT     Br 148073     to:
Carter Wood Lines Ltd., Montreal QC., Carter & Wood, Mgr. (home port Newcastle England)

Entered service 1924

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1926     Can 148073     (home port to Montreal QC)

Sold 1934 to Huron Steamships Ltd., Port Colborne ON, Scott Misener, Mgr.

Fleet transferred 1939 to Sarnia Steamships Ltd.

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

Returned to previous owners 1950, transferred to Colonial Steamships Ltd., renamed Donald F. Fawcett and returned to the Great Lakes (at her wartime tonnages of 1915 GT, 1117 NT)

Fleet renamed Scott Misener Steamships Ltd. 1959

Laid up at end of 1959 season and did not operate again

Sold for scrap 1961 to S. Spiegel Ltd., Deseronto ON.  Towed to Deseronto and scrapped there by Crawford Metals Ltd.

 

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