Turret Cape

(1895) 1902                                  Turret Cape                                  1956

Steel ocean turret style bulk freighter

Built at Sunderland England by Wm. Doxford & Sons, Hull 234
Launched 1895

253’ LBP, 44’ beam, 19’4” depth
Coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1100 IHP

Built for ocean service.  Br 104283, home port Newcastle Eng.
Spent 1900 and 1901 carrying coal from Sydney, NS to Montreal QC

Sold 1902 to Canadian Ocean & Inland Navigation Co., Montreal QC and entered Great Lakes service

Fleet transferred 1902 to Canadian Lake & Ocean Navigation Co.

Fleet management 1910 to J. W. Norcross & Co., Toronto ON

Enrolled Canadian 1912 at 253.0 x 44.0 x 19.4, 1827 GT, 1594 NT     Can 104283

Fleet merged 1913 into Canada Steamship Lines

See history in Scanner Oct 1980 (#95)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 366

 

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