Pabjune

1923                                  Pabjune                                  1962

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Port Glasgow Scotland by Dunlop Bremner & Co., Hull 348
Launched

261’ LOA, 252’ LBP, 43’ beam, 19’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine,

Enrolled at
252.0 x 43.1 x 17.3, 1859 GT, 1122 NT     Br 145609     to:
Globe Transportation Co., Montreal QC, Mapes & Ferdon, Mgr. (home port Greenock Scotland)

Entered service 1923

Sold Jan 15, 1927 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC and renamed Starmount.
Enrollment transferred to Canada     Can 145609     (home port to Montreal QC)

Laid up at end of 1958 season at Montreal QC and did not operate again for this fleet

Sold 1961 to Diesel Sales & Services, Burlington ON, Arthur W. R. Hill, Mgr. (home port to Hamilton ON) and renamed Good Star.
Towed to Burlington and converted to barge (but not placed in operation)

Mr. Hill died late 1961 and fleet sold at auction April 17, 1962.  Vessel sold to United Steel & Metals Ltd. and scrapped at Hamilton ON by Steel Company of Canada

See history in Scanner April 2004 (#284)

 

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