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Name: GLENCASSIE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/02/1923
Completed: 05/1923
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1199
Dimensions: 1901grt, 1119nrt, 252.0 x 42.5 x 18.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 26 & 44 x 33ins), 111nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.0knots
Reg Number: 145519
History:
27/04/1923 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle
1924 Glen Line Ltd of Midland Ontario (J Playfair), Midland, Ontario
1926 Geo Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Montreal
1926 Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal
1927 Renamed DUNDAS
1943 US War Shipping Administration (Alcoa Steamship Co Inc), Panama
05/1946 Broken up
Comments: 05/1946: Broken up at Perth Amboy by New Market Iron & Steel Co


Above photo as DUNDAS is copyright of Bowling Green State University