Glenorvie

1923                                  Glenorvie                                  1940 (1960)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1209
Launched

261’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’4” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boiler, triple expansion engine, 800 IHP

Enrolled at Newcastle England
252.0 x 42.5 x 18.0, 1893 GT, 1125 NT     Br 145515     to:
Glen Line Ltd., Midland ON (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 145515

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

Renamed Oxford 1927

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

Scuttled 1960 Nigeria

 

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