WILLIAM C. MORELAND (1910, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: WILLIAM C. MORELAND
Also known as:: SIR TREVOR DAWSON; CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON; GENE C. HUTCHINSON; PARKDALE
Year of Build:: 1910
Official Number:: 214499

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Lorain, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 387
Builder Name:: American Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:: Interstate Steamship Co

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple expansion 24"-39"-65"; 42" stroke
# Boilers:: 2 Scotch 16' x 11' 6"
Propulsion Notes:: 2000 hp; engine and boilers built by vessel builder, 1910

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 580'
Beam:: 58'
Depth:: 32'
Tonnage (gross):: 7514
Tonnage (net):: 5803

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Cartagena, Spain
Date:: 1970
How:: Scrapped

History

Chronology:

1910 Owned Interstate Steamship Co (Becker); stranded on Sawtooth Reef of Eagle Harbor, MI on October 18, 292' off aft end

1912 Salvaged; owned Reid Wrecking Co Ltd; laid up at Marine City, MI until 1915

1916 Owned American Interlake Line (Wolvin & CSL); received new forebody at Superior Shipbuilding Co as Hull 524; 7215 gross & 5505 net tons; renamed SIR TREVOR DAWSON

1920 Owned Pioneer Steamship Co (Hutchinson); renamed CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON

1951 Renamed GENE C. HUTCHINSON

1962 Owned Redwood Enterprise Ltd (Reoch); C 316355

1963 Renamed PARKDALE

1970 Scrapped in Spain

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