Holmblad, Julius

(1898) 1924                                  Julius Holmblad                                  1924 (1933)

Steel ocean freighter

Built at Port Glasgow Scotland by W. Hamilton & Co., Hull 138
Launched 1898

249’4” LBP, 36’ beam, 19’1” depth
Coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 800 IHP

Built for Danish owners

Sold 1924 to Lakeside Steamship Co., Montreal QC (home port London England) and came to the Great Lakes

Entered Great Lakes service 1924

Transferred at end of 1924 season to off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Lakefield 1925 and Cabot-Tower 1928

Scrapped 1933 in Canada

 

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