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Name: GLENGELDIE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/04/1923
Completed: 04/1923
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1144
Dimensions: 1906grt, 1123nrt, 252.0 x 42.5 x 18.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 26.5 & 44 x 33ins), 111nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Reg Number: 145518
History:
04/1923 Glen Line of Midland, Ontario; registered at Newcastle
1925 George Hall Coal & Shipping Corp, Montreal; registered at Montreal
1926 Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal
1927 Renamed ELGIN
11/1963 Broken up
Comments: 18/09/1963: Arrived at Hamilton for breaking up
11/1963: Broken up by Steel Co of Canada Ltd


Above photo as ELGIN copyright of the Bowling Green State University

Profile & Decks plan is copyright of Swan Hunter.
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