SCOTTISH HERO (1895, Other)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SCOTTISH HERO
Year of Build:
1895
Official Number:
105178
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sunderland, ENGLAND
Vessel Type:
Other
Note: Straightback
Hull Materials:
Steel
Builder Name:
Sir W. Doxford & Son
Original Owner and Location:
Scottish Hero Steamship Company, Limited, Newcastle
Ownership Notes:
William Peterson Ltd ?
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Quadruple expansion
# Boilers:
2 water tube
Propulsion Notes:
191/2"-27 1/2"-39"-55" x 42", 1000 hp, engine built by vessel builder, 1895; boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co, 1895
Hull Dimensions
Length:
297'
Beam:
40'
Depth:
21.7'
Tonnage (gross):
2202
Tonnage (net):
1402
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Cape Carbonara, Sardinia
Date:
10 Jun 1917
How:
Lost to enemy action
History
Chronology:

1907 Owned Canadian Lake & Ocean Navigation Company, Limited; cut in

two at Levis

1913 Owned Canada Steamship Lines, Limited

1916 Requisitioned for salt water; cut in two at Ashtabula; taken down

canals 1917

1917 Torpedoed & sunk

1917 Owned Hero Steamship Company, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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