1923                                  Metcalfe                                   1961 (1970)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Irvine Scotland by Ayrshire Dockyard Co., Hull 492
Launched April 30, 1923

259’ LOA, 252’ LBP, 43’ beam, 19’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1114 IHP

Enrolled at
252.0 x 43.1 x 17.3, 1851 GT, 1302 NT     Br 148808     to:
Interlake Navigation Co., Montreal QC, Mapes & Ferdon, Mgr. (home port Irvine Scotland)

Entered service 1923

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1925     Can 148808     (home port to Montreal QC)

Sold Jan 15, 1927 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC and renamed Fairmount  (2)

Sold 1961 to Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel QC for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.
Converted to a salvage barge at Sorel and renamed MIL 495 1963.

Scrapped 1970 at Sorel QC by Marine Industries Ltd.

See history in Scanner April 2004 (#284)

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