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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: Newmount

Other name(s): Meaford

Ship owner: Canada Steamship Lines; Farrar Transportation Co.; Montreal Trans. Co.

Ship builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England

Engine builder: J. Readhead, South Shields, England

Year ship built: 1903

Year engine built: 1903

Final disposition: Lost by enemy action in World War I, 1917.

Remarks:

Names:

b) Meaford

Owners:

1) Montreal Trans. Co.

2) Farrar Transportation Co. Meaford, Ontario

3) Canada Steamship Lines

Registry number: C. 118615

Hull number: 292

Vessel type: Freighter

Height: 20.6

Width: 42.0

Length: 248.6

Stroke length: 36

Gross tonnage: 1889

Net tonnage: 1201

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 20.5

Piston 2: 33

Piston 3: 54

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