CANADIAN FARMER (1919, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CANADIAN FARMER
Also known as:
WESTER; SHINKUANG
Year of Build:
1919
Official Number:
141590
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Note: Bulk freighter?
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
65
Builder Name:
Collingwood Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Canadian Government
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
251'
Beam:
43.5'
Depth:
23.5'
Tonnage (gross):
2410
Tonnage (net):
1460
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Bay of Bengal
Date:
6 Apr 1942
How:
Sunk by Japanese
History
Chronology:

1919 Owned Canadian Government

1934 Owned in Finland; renamed WESTER

1935 Owned in China; renamed SHINKUANG

1942 Sunk in Bay of Bengal o April 6

Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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