Mars 1

1901                                  Mars     1                                  1937

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Hull 139
Launched March 9, 1901

366’ LOA, 346’ LBP, 48’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1200 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI May 8, 1901 (#57)
346.0 x 48.0 x 28.0, 3748 GT, 2943 NT     US 93123     to:
Detroit Shipbuilding Co.,

Entered service 1901

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH May 10, 1901 (#129) to:
Globe Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, J. C. Gilchrist, Mgr. (home port to Vermilion OH)

Fleet merged 1903 into Gilchrist Transportation Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Fleet went into receivership 1910

Sold 1913 to Canadian Interlake Line, Port Arthur ON, J. W. Norcross & Co., Mgr. and renamed Martian (1) (home port to Port Arthur ON)
Enrolled Canadian at 349.0 x 44.5 x 24.0, 3396 GT, 2010 GT     Can 131057 

Fleet merged 1914 into Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Sold for scrap 1937 to Steel Company of Canada and scrapped at Hamilton ON.

 

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