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Che Detroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT May, 1963 Volume 16, No. 9 HAMILTONIAN Photo by James M. Kidd Built by St. John Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Ltd., St. John, New Brunswick, to dimensions of 730' (OA) X 75" X 39" 3", Funds for cons- truction were provided by Canadian General Electric Company, Ltd., with the vessel's operator, Papachristidis Company, Ltd., Montreal, purchas- ing the carrier for an affiliate, Eastern Lake Carriers, Ltd., under a lease-buy agreement termed the "Angel Plan". Official Number Gross Tonnage. Net Tonnage. Mid-Summer Draft....... Capacity @ M.S. Draft. Propulsion...sseseee 27" 23M +26,930 Long Tons 9,000 shp Oil-Fired Steam Turbine This uniquely-designed Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Seaway bulk carrier is the first major vessel ever constructed at St.John, N.B., for freshwater use. AMHERSTBURG MEETING One of the meetings we always look forward to with Fo usual, invited to spend the afternoon on the love- ly museum grounds. The entertainment will consist of some unusually snteresting movies, the Salvage of the Gleneagles and Great Lakes Shipping During World War II, together with sone others Dare Glice is at present negotiating to obtain. Join us for a real, old-fashioned outing at Amherstburg!