Other name(s): Delaware; Empire Rother; Manicouagan; Manitoulin; Washington Times Herald
Ship owner: British Ministry of Transport; Inland Steamship Co., Ltd.; Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co., Ltd.; St. Lawrence Steamships, Ltd.
Ship builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England
Engine builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham-Richardson
Year ship built: 1929
Year engine built: 1929
Final disposition: Scrapped at Port Dalhousie, 1961
Remarks:
b) Delaware (1931)
c) Empire Rother (c.1940)
d) Manicouagan (1951)
e) Washington Times Herald (1954)
f) Manitoulin (1954)
Owners:
1) Inland Streamship Co., Ltd, Winnepeg, Manitoba
2) St. Lawrence Steamships, Ltd.
3) British Ministry of Transport (with Cory & Sons, managers)
4) Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co.
Registry number: C. 149497
Hull number: 1383
Vessel type: Bulk Freighter
Height: 17.8 ft.
Width: 43.4 ft.
Length: 252.8 ft.
Stroke length: 33 in.
Gross tonnage: 1940
Net tonnage: 1158
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Triple expansion
Piston 1: 15 in.
Piston 2: 25 in.
Piston 3: 40 in.