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

Ship owner: Canada Steamship Lines; Northern Navigation Co.

Ship builder: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Collingwood, Ontario

Engine builder: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Collingwood, Ontario

Year ship built: 1909

Year engine built: 1909

Final disposition: Burned at Point Edward, Ontario on July 17, 1945. Hull scrapped at Hamilton.

Notes:

Launched on November 20, 1908.

Considered by many critics to have been the most beautiful Canadian ship on the Great Lakes.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Northern Navigation Co.

2) Canada Steamship Lines

Registry number: C. 122553

Hull number: 22

Vessel type: Passenger and Freight

Height: 32 ft.

Width: 50 ft.

Length: 349.7 ft.

Stroke length: 42 in.

Gross tonnage: 5265

Net tonnage: 3295

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Quadruple expansion

Piston 1: 24 in.

Piston 2: 32 in.

Piston 3: 52 in.

Piston 4: 80 in.

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