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Name: PORT COLBORNE
Type Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/08/1909
Completed: 09/1909
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 847
Dimensions: 1729grt, 1306nrt, 250.0 x 42.5 x 17.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 42 x 30ins), 97nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129734
History:
03/09/1909 Forwarders Ltd, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
26/10/1917 Wrecked
Comments: 26/10/1917: Wrecked near Land's End
On a voyage from Rouen to Barry in ballast


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair