CANADIAN ENGINEER (1920, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CANADIAN ENGINEER
Also known as:
DONALD E. MCKAY; NEWBRUNDOC; ASHINGTON; ERLING; SALVATORE
Year of Build:
1920
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Note: Bulk freighter?
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
11
Builder Name:
Dominion Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Canadian Government
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
251'
Beam:
43.7'
Depth:
22.5'
Tonnage (gross):
2281
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Mediterranean Sea
Date:
1 Jun 1944
How:
Bombed by British aircraft
Notes:
Sunk in Mediterranean Sea between Piraeus, Greece and Crete after being bombed by British aircraft on June 1, 1944
History
Chronology:

1920 Owned Canadian Government

1925 Owned Paterson Steamship Co Ltd; renamed DONALD E. MCKAY

1926 Renamed NEWBRUNDOC

1926 Renamed ASHINGTON

1927 Owned in Great Britain

1931 Owned in Finland; renamed ERLING

1933 Owned in Italy

1934 Renamed SALVATORE

1944 Bombed and sunk in Mediterranean Sea

Contact
Contact
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Website:
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USA
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