Glenburnie

1923                                  Glenburnie                                  1940 (1940)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Glasgow Scotland by Barclay Curle & Co., Hull 598
Launched

261’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’4” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine,

Enrolled at Newcastle England
252.5 x 42.5 x 18.0, 1905 GT, 1143 NT     Br 145521     to:
Glen Line Ltd., Midland Ont. (home port Newcastle England)

Entered service 1923

Fleet sold Feb 12, 1925 to George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)
Enrollment transferred to Canada     Can 145521

Fleet sold March 10, 1926 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Renamed Waterloo 1927

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

Sunk July 10, 1940 by enemy action, English Channel

 

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