Nicaragua

1894                                 Nicaragua                                 1920

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by James Davidson, Hull 61
Launched

249’9” LOA, 241’ LBP, 37’ beam, 22’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boiler, triple expansion engine, 800 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI Aug 15, 1894 (#12)
241.0 x 37.0 x 13.7, 1201.64 GT, 911.04 NT     US 130669     to:
James Davidson, West Bay City MI

Entered service 1894

Transferred 1899 to Davidson Steamship Co., G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Sold 1905 to Ogdensburg Coal & Towing Co., Ogdensburg NY

Sold 1917 to Oswego Navigation Co., a U. S. subsidiary of Montreal Transportation Co.

Transferred 1919 to Montreal Transportation Co., Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)  U.S. enrollment surrendered Feb 24, 1919
Enrolled Canadian at 248.0 x 37.0 x 21.3, 1724 GT, 1042 NT     Can 140963

Fleet merged 1921 into Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Abandoned 1920 at Kingston ON.  Engine removed and installed in barge Thunder Bay.

 

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