Tadousac

1903                                  Tadousac                                  1917 (1918)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Toronto ON by Bertram Iron Works, Hull
Launched April 2, 1903

256’ LOA, 247’ LBP, 43’ beam, 25’5” depth
2 decks, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 800 IHP

Enrolled at Toronto ON
260.0 x 43.2 x 25.2, 2359 GT, 1452 NT     Can 116263     to:
John Waldie & Co., Toronto ON (home port Toronto ON)

Entered service 1903

Sold 1907 to Northern Navigation Co. of Ontario, Collingwood ON and renamed Doric.

Fleet renamed Northern Navigation Co. 1911

Fleet sold early 1913 to Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co., Montreal QC  Richelieu & Ontario fleet merged late 1913 into Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC.  (Vessels remained under the ownership of Northern Navigation Co. until 1922 and were operated as Northern Navigation Division while in the Canada Steamship Lines fleet.)

Transferred 1914 to Canada Steamship Lines fleet

Sold 1917 to French government for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Sunk Sept 18, 1918 by German torpedo off Godrey Light, Cornwall England.

 

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