TURRET COURT (1896, Other)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
TURRET COURT
Year of Build:
1896
Official Number:
106609
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sunderland, ENGLAND
Vessel Type:
Other
Note: Straightback; turret steamer
Hull Materials:
Steel
Builder Name:
William Doxford & Sons, Limited
Original Owner and Location:
William Peterson, Newcastle, England
Power
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
20 + 34 + 57 x 39", 1100hp at 60rpm engine by Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England
Hull Dimensions
Length:
253'
Beam:
44'
Depth:
19.7'
Tonnage (gross):
1879
Tonnage (net):
1197
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Hamilton, Ontario. Lake Ontario
Date:
1940
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1907 Brought to Lakes; owned Canadian Lake & Ocean Navigation Company,

Limited

1913 Owned Canada Steamship Lines, Limited

1915 Reboilered by American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio; 2

scotch boilers 4 x 11' at 180 pounds steam; requisitioned for

ocean war service

1916 Owned Turret Steamship Company, Limited, Dominion Iron & Steel

Company, Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia

1925 Owned International Waterways Navigational Company, Limited

1930 Owned Sincennes-MacNaughton Lines, Limited, Montreal, Quebec

1940 Owned Steet Company of Canada, Limited; scrapped Hamilton, Ontario

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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