ALGONQUIN (1888, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Yoker (Glasgow), SCOTLAND
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Napier, Shanks & Bell Ltd.
Original Owner and Location:: Canadian Northwest, Steamship Co. Ltd., Pt. Arthur
Ownership Notes:: Thos. Marks & Co.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: Engine 21, 33 & 54 x 36" 1000hp, 70rpm; built by Dunsmuir & Jackson of Glasgow, Scotland. Scotch boilers 13' x 9; 160# steam.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 65 miles West, Bishop Rock (Scilly Isles), Cornwall, England.
Date:: 12 Mar 1917
How:: Torpedoed.
Notes:: Bound from New York City to London, the ALGONQUIN was sunk by German U-62 torpedoes. This was the first U.S. vessel lost to the enemy during World War I.

History

Chronology:

1899 Owned St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam Navigation Co., Toronto.

1912 Owned Pt. Colborne and St. Lawrence Navigation Co. Ltd.; operated in grain trade.

1915 Sold to A.B. McKay, Hamilton.

1916 Requisitioned for war service.

1916, Jun Owned Wasic Steamship Co., subsidiary of the Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., New Glasgow, N.S.

1916, Dec Owned American Star Steamship Co. of New York, NY; US214637.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Burton Collection; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society

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