CANADIAN SOWER (1919, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CANADIAN SOWER
Also known as:
EMPEROR OF FREDERICKTON; WAKA MARU
Year of Build:
1919
Official Number:
141487
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Note: Bulk freighter?
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
42
Builder Name:
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Canadian Government
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
251'
Beam:
44'
Depth:
20'
Tonnage (gross):
2069
Tonnage (net):
1201
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Bo-Hai, China, Yellow Sea
Date:
10 Feb 1945
How:
Torpedoed by U.S. Submarine
History
Chronology:

1919 Owned Canadian Government

1925 Owned Canada-Cuba Steamship Co; renamed EMPEROR OF FREDERICKTON

1926 Owned in Japan; renamed WAKA MARU

1945 Torpedoed on February 10

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
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