McKellar, John O. 1

1929                                 John O. McKellar     1                                 1959

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1369
Launched Jan 25, 1929

259’ LOA, 252’8” LBP, 43’8” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 750 IHP

Enrolled at
252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8, 1927 GT, 1147 NT     Br 149495     to:
Sarnia Steamships Ltd., Sarnia ON. (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1929

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1931     Can 149495     (home port to Sarnia ON.)

Fleet merged 1951 into Colonial Steamships Ltd., Port Colborne ON.

Fleet renamed Scott Misener Steamships Ltd. 1959

Renamed J. G. Irwin 1952 (home Port to Port Colborne ON.)

Sold for scrap 1959 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON and scrapped at Port Colborne.

 

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