Oakton

1923                                  Oakton                                  1942

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Dumbarton Scotland by A. McMillan & Sons, Hull 487
Launched

250’ LOA, 241’ LBP, 43’ beam, 17’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 800 IHP

Enrolled at Glasgow Scotland
250.2 x 43.2 x 15.5, 1727 GT, 1001 NT     Br 147892     to:
Mathews Steamship Co., Toronto ON (home port Glasgow Scotland)

Entered service 1923

Sold 1931 to Lake Steamshp Co., East Toronto ON

Sold 1937 to Gulf & Lake Navigation Co., Montreal P.Q. (home port to Montreal QC)
Enrollment transferred to Canada     Can 147892

Sunk Sept 7, 1942 by German submarine U-517 off Cape Gaspe, Gulf of St. Lawrence

 

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