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Name: LAWRENDOC
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/03/1929
Completed: 04/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1385
Dimensions: 1924grt, 1144nrt, 252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 161513
History:
04/1929 Paterson Steamships Ltd, Newcastle & Fort William, Ontario
1950 NM Paterson & Sons Ltd, Fort William, Ontario
1962 Marine Salvage Ltd, Port Colborne, Ontario
1962 Tank Truck Transport Ltd, Sarnia, Ontario; renamed CHEMBARGE A
1963 Broken up
Comments: 1962: Converted to a barge
1963: Believed broken up in Quebec area


Above photo as LAWRENDOC copyright of Bowling Green State University