W. C. Franz (Propeller), C130775, 1920

Description

Full Text: Propeller W.C. FRANZ.* Official Canadian Number 130775. Of 3429 gross tons; 2030 tons reg. Built at Wyandotte, Mich., U.S.A. in 1901. Home port, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Owned by Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. 346.0 x 48.0 x 24.1 and 169 horse power.
* Foreign name URANUS.
List of Vessels on Registry Books of the Dominion
of Canada on the 31st. Day of December, 1920

URANUS * Built April 20, 1901 Bulk Propeller - Steel
U. S. No. 25339 3748 gt - 2943 nt 346' x 48' x 28'
* Renamed, (b) W.C. FRANZ - Can - 1913 (C 130775)
Sunk in collision with Stmr. EDWARD E. LOOMIS, November 21, 1934, 30 miles southeast of Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron; 4 lives lost.
Detroit/Wyandotte Shipbuilding Master List
Institute for Great Lakes research
Perrysburg, Ohio.
Media Type: Text; Newspaper
Item Type: Clippings
Notes: ex URANUS
Date of Original: 1920
Subject(s): Propellers
W. C. Franz (Propeller)
Local identifier: McN.R.795
Language of Item: English
Donor: William R. McNeil
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