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Name: JOHN O MCKELLAR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/01/1929
Completed: 03/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1369
Dimensions: 1926grt, 1147nrt, 252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 149495
History:
03/1929 Sarnia Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Newcastle & Port Colborne
1951 Colonial Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener)
1952 Renamed J G IRWIN
1959 Scott Misener Steamships Ltd, Port Colborne
05/1959 Broken up
Comments: 05/1959: Broken up at Port Colborne, Ontario by Marine Salvage Ltd


Above photo as JOHN O MCKELLAR copyright of Bowling Green State University