Stewart, James

1926                                  James Stewart                                  1960

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Old Kilpatrick Scotland by Napier & Miller, Hull 256
Launched

261’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’1 1/2” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at Glasgow Scotland
253.1 x 43.2 x 17.9, 1760 GT, 1304 NT     Br 148901     to:
Eastern Steamship Co., Port Colborne ON, Boland & Cornelius, Mgr. (home port Glasgow Scotland)

Entered service 1926

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1931     Can 148901     (home port to St. Catharines ON)

Sold April 1936 to Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Toronto ON

Transferred 1952 to Leitch Transport Ltd. (home port to Toronto ON)

Sold for scrap 1960 to A. Newman & Co. and scrapped at Port Dalhousie ON

 

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