Keyport

1909                                  Keyport                                  1963

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Newcastle-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 818
Launched May 1, 1909

261’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’6” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 570 IHP

Enrolled at Newcastle-on-Tyne England
250.1 x 42.5 x 17.9, 1721 GT, 1298 NT     Br. 125459     to:
Keystone Transportation Co., Montreal QC, a subsidiary of Montreal Light, Heat & Power Co. (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1909

Fleet renamed Keystone Transportation Co. of Canada 1911

Fleet renamed Keystone Transports Ltd. 1921

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1932     Can 125459     (home port to Montreal QC)

Fleet transferred 1957 to La Verendrye Line Ltd.

Fleet sold 1962 to Hall Corporation of Canada, Montreal QC
Laid up at Kingston ON and did not operate for this fleet

Sold for scrap 1963 to A. Newman & Co., St. Catharines ON.  Scrapped at Port Dalhousie ON.

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 242

 

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