Name: | DONNACONA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/09/1900 |
Completed: | 11/1900 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 93 |
Dimensions: | 1906grt, 1222nrt, 245.0 x 42.6 x 20.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30.5 & 51 x 36ins), 156rhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 110363 |
History: | |
11/1900 | Hamilton & Fort William Navigation Co, Newcastle |
1908 | Donnacona Ltd (Inland Lines Ltd), Hamilton, Ontario |
1914 | Canada Steamship Lines, Hamilton, Ontario |
16/10/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 16/10/1915: Foundered in mid Atlantic, in position 52.25N x 30.15W |
On a voyage from Maryport to Sydney NS with a cargo of manganese ore |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo copyright of Bowling Green State University
Above photo copyright of Chicago Daily News
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 24/09/1900