Dwyer, W.H.

1913                                  W. H. Dwyer                                  1915 (1917)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Sunderland England by
Launched

250’ LBP, 42’9” beam, 18’7” depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 850 IHP

Enrolled at Sunderland England
Forwarders Ltd., Kingston ON (home port Sunderland England)

Entered service 1913

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

Sunk Aug 26, 1917 by German submarine U-38 off England.  No lives lost.

 

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