FRANK W. GILCHRIST (1903, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FRANK W. GILCHRIST
Also known as:
CEPHEUS; MANTADOC; R.G. SANDERSON
Year of Build:
1903
Official Number:
200378
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, Michigan, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
611
Builder Name:
West Bay City Shipbuilding
Original Owner:
Gilchrist Transportation Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 22"-35"-58"; 42" stroke
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 13' 2" x 11' 6"
Propulsion Notes:
1480 hp; engine and boilers built by Detroit Shipbuilding C0, 1903
Hull Dimensions
Length:
416'
Beam:
50'
Depth:
28'
Tonnage (gross):
4551
Tonnage (net):
3451
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Date:
1983
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1903 Owned Gilchrist Transportation Co

1913 Owned Interlake Steamship Co (Pickands, Mather & Co); renamed CEPHEUS

1925 Reconstructed

1926 Owned Paterson Steamship Ltd; C 116580; renamed MANTADOC

1963 Owned Goderich Elevator & Transit Co; renamed R.G. SANDERSON

1983 Scrapped in Thunder Bay, ONT

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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