Also known as:

RALPH BUDD; L.A. MCCORQUODALE

Year of Build:

1905

Official Number:

202329

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

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

Length:

382.6'

Beam:

50.3'

Depth:

30'

Tonnage (gross):

4544

Tonnage (net):

3845

Final Location:

Hamilton, Ontario

Date:

1966

How:

Scrapped

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