HARRY A. BERWIND (1908, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
HARRY A. BERWIND
Also known as:
HARVEY H. BROWN; PARKER EVANS; MARLHILL
Year of Build:
1908
Official Number:
205072
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ecorse, Michigan, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
40
Builder Name:
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Original Owner:
Mutual Steamship Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 24"-38"-65"; 42" stroke
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 16' x 11' 8"
Propulsion Notes:
1878 hp engine built by Great Lakes Engineering Works, 1908; boilers built by Marine Boiler Works, 1908
Hull Dimensions
Length:
532'
Beam:
58'
Depth:
31'
Tonnage (gross):
6634
Tonnage (net):
4927
Final Disposition
Final Location:
East of Norfolk, Virginia, Atlantic Ocean
Date:
30 May 1981
How:
Foundered
Notes:
Foundered 150 miles east of Norfolk, Virginia while in tow enroute to Mexico
History
Chronology:

1908 Owned Mutual Steamship Co (Tomlinson)

1916 Owned Headwaters Steamship Co (H.H. Brown)

1917 Renamed HARVEY H. BROWN

1925 Owned Stewart Furnace Co (H.H. Brown)

1929 Owned Interlake Steamship Co (Pickands, Mather & Co)

1943 Installation of 2 Scotch boilers, 14' 6" x 13', built by Toledo Shipbuilding Co

1964 Owned Hindman Transportation Co Ltd; renamed PARKER EVANS

1972 Collided with SIDNEY E. SMITH JR near Blue Water Bridge in St. Clair River on June 5, 1972 causing the SMITH to sink.

1978 Owned Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co Ltd

1979 Renamed MARLHILL

1981 Foundered in Atlantic Ocean

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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