Teakbay

1929                                       Teakbay                                                      1964

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at South Bank-on-Tees England by Smith’s Dock Co., Hull 870
Launched March 12, 1929

259’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’8” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 750 IHP

Enrolled at
253.0 x 44.1 x 18.5, 1895 GT, 1184 NT     Can 154462     to:
Birchbay Steamship Co., Montreal QC (home port Montreal QC)

Entered service 1929

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1931     Can 154462     (home port to Montreal QC)

Transferred 1937 to Tree Line Navigation Co. 

Fleet sold 1946 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Laid up at Kingston ON at the end of the 1962 season and did not operate again

Sold for scrap 1964 to Steel Company of Canada.  Scrapped at Hamilton ON

 

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