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Name: WATERTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/04/1928
Completed: 05/1928
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 1043
Dimensions: 2115grt, 1386nrt, 253.0 x 43.7 x 19.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 36ins), 190hp
Engines by: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle; Eng no 75
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149472
History:
21/05/1928 Mathews Steamship Co Ltd (AE Mathews), Toronto; registered at Newcastle
1934 Colonial Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Port Colborne, Ontario
1935 McKellar Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Port Colborne, Ontario
1941 Bowater’s Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd, St John’s, Newfoundland
11/10/1942 Sank
Comments: 11/10/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U106, 340 miles WxS of St John's Nfl
On a voyage from Corner Brook to Cleveland carrying wood pulp & newsprint