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Name: HURONIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/05/1901
Completed: 06/1901
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 754
Dimensions: 6859grt, 4431nrt, 450.0 x 53.8 x 31.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (30, 50 & 81.5 x 54ins), 620nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113960
History:
25/06/1901 Allan Line Steamship Co Ltd (J & A Allan), Glasgow
11/02/1902 Missing
Comments: Ordered by Sir Christopher Furness & sold before launching
11/02/1902: Sailed from the Clyde for St John, New Brunswick
Loaded with coal and general cargo
Subsequently posted missing


Extract from the BoT Inquiry, 25/09/1902