GLENAFTON (1921, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GLENAFTON
Also known as:
LAMBTON; SALVUS
Year of Build:
1921
Official Number:
150234
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
46
Builder Name:
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Glen Steamship Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
252'
Beam:
42.6'
Depth:
21'
Tonnage (gross):
1910
Final Disposition
Final Location:
St. Johns, Newfoundland
Date:
1952
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1921 Owned Glen Steamship Co (Playfair)

1925 Owned Mathews Steamship Co Ltd; renamed LAMBTON

1927 Grounded Ile Parisienne on December 8; abandoned to underwriters

1928 Refloated by Reid Wrecking Co; owned Canada Steamship Lines Ltd for engine and boilers for FERNIE; owned Burke Towing & Salvage Co; renamed SALVUS; converted to lightering barge and pulpwood carrier

1941 Owned Dominion Coal Co Ltd

1952 Scrapped in St. Johns, Newfoundland

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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