RHODES, WILLIAM CASTLE (1900, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
RHODES, WILLIAM CASTLE
Also known as:
VILLE DE CASABLANCA
Year of Build:
1900
Official Number:
81694
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Lorain, OH
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
300
Builder Name:
American Ship Building Company
Original Owner and Location:
Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Buffalo Steamship Company, Buffalo, New York
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
242'
Beam:
42'
Depth:
26.5'
Tonnage (gross):
2176
Tonnage (net):
1340
Final Disposition
Final Location:
6 miles northeast of Cape Djinet, Algeria, Mediterranean Sea
Date:
8 Aug 1921
How:
Foundered
History
Chronology:

1907 Owned Mutual Transit Company, Buffalo, New York

1915 To Atlantic Coast; owned William Castle Rhodes Steamship Company,

New York, New York

1919 Owned Societe Credit Marocain, Havre, France; renamed VILLE DE

CASABLANCA

1921, August 8 Foundered; owned F. Puech Fils, Cete, France

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

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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