Stewart, A.E.

1902                                  A. E. Stewart                                  1924

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by West Bay City Shipbuilding Co., Hull 607
Launched July 8, 1902

376’ LOA, 356’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI July 22, 1902 (Temp #6)
356.0 x 50.0 x 28.0, 3943 GT, 3049 NT     US 107778     to:
American Ship Building Co.

Permanent enrollment at Detroit MI July 29, 1902 (#7) to:
A. E. Stewart, Detroit MI

Entered service 1902

Sold Dec 17, 1915 to Postal Steamship Co., Detroit MI, John J. Barlum, Mgr.

Sold Feb 10, 1916 to Lake Transportation Co., Cleveland OH

Sold 1918 to Great Lakes Transportation Co., Midland ON, James Playfair, Mgr. (home port to Midland ON) and renamed Glenorchy.
Enrolled Canadian at 380.0 x 50.2 x 24.0, 3871 GT, 2465 NT     Can 138213

Sunk Oct 29, 1924 in collision with str. Leonard B. Miller 6 miles SE of Harbor Beach MI, Lake Huron

See history in Scanner May 1999 (#249)

 

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