Ship owner: Algoma Central Steamship Co.; S. S. Leafield Co. Ltd.
Ship builder: Strand Slipway Co., Sunderland, England, subcontracted with Wood and Skinner Co.
Engine builder: North Eastern Marine Engine Co., Sunderland, England
Year ship built: 1892
Year engine built: 1892
Final disposition: Foundered in Lake Superior with a load of steel rails during the Big Blow of November 9-13,1913. All hands lost, hull has not yet been discovered as of November,2002.
Notes:
Came to the Great Lakes in 1900. Purchased for the steel rail trade from Algoma Steel mills in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Fort William, Ontario.
Remarks:
Owners:
1) S. S. Leafield Co., Ltd., Newcastle, England
2) Algoma Central Steamship Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (1900)
Registry number: C.97990
Hull number: None
Vessel type: Bulk Freighter
Height: 16.6
Width: 35.2
Length: 249
Stroke length: 33
Gross tonnage: 1453
Net tonnage: 922
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Triple expansion
Piston 1: 19
Piston 2: 31
Piston 3: 51