SUPERIOR (1905, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SUPERIOR
Also known as:
RALPH BUDD; L.A. MCCORQUODALE
Year of Build:
1905
Official Number:
202329
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ecorse, Michigan, United States
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
7
Builder Name:
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Original Owner:
Western Transit Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Quadruple expansion
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 14' 9" x 12'
Propulsion Notes:
20"-30"-43 1/2"-63" x 42", 1800 hp engine built by vessel builder, 1905; boilers built by Marine Boiler Works, 1905
Hull Dimensions
Length:
382.6'
Beam:
50.3'
Depth:
30'
Tonnage (gross):
4544
Tonnage (net):
3845
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Hamilton, Ontario
Date:
1966
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1905 Owned Western Transit Co

1916 Owned Great Lakes Transit Corp

1926 Renamed RALPH BUDD

1929 Stranded on Saltese Point, near Eagle Harbor, MI, Lake Superior on May 15; abandoned to underwriters and salvaged by Tom Reid

1929 Owned Midland Steamship Co Ltd (Playfair)

1938 Owned Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co Ltd

1959 Renamed L.A. MCCORQUODALE

1966 Scrapped

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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