Other name(s): Silverdale
Ship owner: Canada Steamship Lines; Great Lakes Transit Corp.; Westdale Shipping, Ltd.
Ship builder: Midland Ship Building Co., Midland, Ontario
Engine builder: Hooven, Owens, Rentschler, Hamilton, Ohio
Year ship built: 1925
Year engine built: 1918
Final disposition: Scrapped, 1984.
Notes:
Engine built 1918; installed 1925.
Converted to self -unloader, 1963.
Remarks:
b) Silverdale
Owners:
1) Great Lakes Transit Corp.
2) Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal, Quebec (1926)
3) Westdale Shipping, Ltd. (1978)
Registry number: C. 152643
Hull number: 14
Vessel type: Bulk Freighter, self unloader
Height: 28.2 ft.
Width: 60.2 ft.
Length: 580.2 ft.
Stroke length: 48 in
Gross tonnage: 8233
Net tonnage: 4780
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Triple expansion
Piston 1: 24.5 in.
Piston 2: 41.5 in.
Piston 3: 72 in.