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THE EASTERN STEAMSHIP CO. LTD Part III By Fr. Pete Van der Linden YY 16. JOHN B. RICHARDS (C 148849) steel canaller built in 1926 at Old Kilpatrick, Scotland by Napier & Miller (Hull #248): 253.1 x 43.2 x 17.9; 1743 gross tons. Scrapped in 1962. 17. JAMES STEWART (C 148901) steel canaller built in 1926 at Old Kilpatrick, Scotland by Napier & Miller (Hull #256): 253.1 x 43.2 x 17.9; 1760 gross tons. Scrapped in 1961. 18. SHIRLEY G. TAYLOR (C 148440) steel canaller built in 1925 at Hull, England by Earles Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. (Hull #649): 253.0 x 43.2 x 17.8; 1746 gross tons. Scrapped at Port Dalhousie in 1964. JOHN B. RICHARDS Ed. Collection WSC Lock 5 19. GEORGE L. TORIAN (C 109470) steel canaller built in 1926 at Hull, England by Earles Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. (Hull #667): 253.0 x 43.2 x 17.8; 1754 gross tons. Torpedoed by U-129 off the South American Coast, 09.13 N/59.04 W on February 22, 1942. 20. WILLIAM C. WARREN (C 148851) steel canaller built in 1925 at Old Kilpatrick, Scotland by Napier & Miller (Hull #249): 253.1 x 43.2 x 17.9; 1745 gross tons. Scrapped at Montreal in 1965. 21. SHELTON WEED (C 148453) steel canaller built in 1925 at Hull, England by Earles Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. (Hull #650): 253.0 x 43.2 x 17.8; 1745 gross tons. Scrapped in 1959, é JAMES STEWART WSC Lock 5 J. Kidd Photo