| Name: | GLENCORRIE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/03/1923 |
| Completed: | 04/1923 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1195 |
| Dimensions: | 1783grt, 1034nrt, 250.3 x 42.5 x 17.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16, 27 & 44 x 30ins), 106nhp |
| Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 145511 |
| History: | |
| 26/03/1923 | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd; registered at Newcastle |
| 1924 | Glen Line Ltd of Midland Ontario (J Playfair), Midland, Ontario |
| 1925 | Registered at Montreal |
| 1926 | Geo Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal |
| 1926 | Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal |
| 1927 | Renamed SIMCOE |
| 1961 | Northern Offshore Drilling Ltd, Kingston, Ontario |
| 1964 | Renamed NORDRILL |
| 1966 | Hollis IV Ltd, Kingston, Ontario |
| 1974 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1961: Converted to a drilling barge |
| 1974: Broken up at Port Colborne by Dwor Metals Ltd & Marine Salvage Ltd |
Above photo as SIMCOE is copyright of Bowling Green State University
Above photo as NORDRILL is copyright of Pat and Rosemarie Keough. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as NORDRILL is copyright of Pat and Rosemarie Keough
Above photo as NORDRILL is copyright of Pat and Rosemarie Keough
Above photo as NORDRILL is copyright of Pat and Rosemarie Keough www.keough-art.com
Above: Bell & builder's plate of GLENCORRIE. Photo is copyright of Pat and Rosemarie Keough. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Profile & Decks plan is copyright of Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, courtesy of David Benedet. Click HERE to enlarge
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Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 05/03/1923