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Name: KEYSTORM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/03/1910
Completed: 04/1910
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 836
Dimensions: 1673grt, 1037nrt, 250.0 x 42.5 x 17.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 33ins), 122nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129749
History:
30/04/1910 Keystone Transportation Co of Canada Ltd, Newcastle & Montreal
26/10/1912 Wrecked
Comments: 26/10/1912: Sank after striking Howe Island Reef,
7 miles from Alexandria Bay NY on the St Lawrence River
On a voyage from Charlotte to Montreal with a cargo of coal


Above photo is copyright of Toronto Marine Historical Society