Name: | ROSEMOUNT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/06/1896 |
Completed: | 07/1896 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 63 |
Dimensions: | 1580grt, 989nrt, 244.3 x 40.2 x 18.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 34 & 57 x 39ins), 210nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 103565 |
History: | |
08/08/1896 | Montreal Transportation Company, Montreal |
1917 | Cie Generale Transatlantique; renamed AUBE |
1922 | DH Mapes Jr, Montreal; renamed ROSEMOUNT |
1923 | Aube Steamship Co (Mapes & Ferdon Ltd), Montreal; renamed AUBE |
1932 | Sin-Mac Lines, Montreal |
1937 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1918: Laid up at St Nazaire until 1922 |
1926: Stranded in the Brockville Narrows of the St Lawrence | |
1926: Refloated & subsequently repaired | |
1927: Collided with a scow in the Welland Canal. Subsequently repaired | |
1930: Damaged in a severe Lake Superior storm. Subsequently repaired | |
1931: Laid up at Lachine Port Quebec | |
1932: Laid up at Sorel | |
Q4/1937: Broken up at Sorel by Les Chantiers Manseau |
Above photo as ROSEMOUNT is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as ROSEMOUNT is copyright of AE Young
Above photo as AUBE is copyright of Bruce Carson
Above photo as AUBE is copyright of Simzer collection, courtesy of George Ayoub
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 11/06/1896