Maritime History of the Great Lakes

J.A. McKee (1908)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
J.A. McKee
Also known as:
Thordoc (1927)
Year of Build:
1908
Official Number:
125442
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Newcastle
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
2158
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada
How:
Wrecked
History
Chronology:

Previous Registration: British (1914)

248x43x23 Owned by Western Steamship Co. 1908-1914; Algoma Central Railway 1914-1916; to Canadian Government Merchant Marine 1917; to N. M. Paterson & Sons, Ltd. 1923-1939. Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle England 1908. Engine 20½-33-54x36 by North Eastern Marine Engineering Works, Newcastle. Badly damaged 06/12/17 in "Mont Blanc" explosion, Halifax. Stranded 09/11/29 Black Bay near Port Arthur, ashore for a month. Wrecked 30/03/40 near Louisbourg N. S.

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J.A. McKee (1908)