Name: | WESTMOUNT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/04/1903 |
Completed: | 05/1903 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 287 |
Dimensions: | 1877grt, 1171nrt, 248.7 x 42.0 x 20.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 35 & 58 x 39ins), 210nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114445 |
History: | |
05/1903 | Montreal Transportation Co Ltd, Montreal |
1916 | Inter-American Steamship Co Ltd, Montreal; renamed WETHERSFIELD |
1917 | Canadian Maritime Co Ltd, Montreal |
1920 | EJ Heinz (London) Ltd, Montreal & London |
1923 | Arnold Bernstein, Hamburg; renamed MAX BERNSTEIN |
1926 | Renamed FORDSON I |
1926 | Renamed TRACTOR |
1937 | Egon Oldendorff, Luebeck; renamed LUDOLF OLDENDORFF |
09/10/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 1926: Rebuilt with larger bridge structure and plated-in deck cargo space |
09/10/1944: Sank after being bombed while at Sirevaag, Egersund, Norway |
Above photo as WESTMOUNT copyright of Rowley W Murphy
Above photo as WESTMOUNT copyright of Edward J Dowling
Above photo as TRACTOR copyright of Earl D Simzer
Above photo as LUDOLF OLDENDORFF copyright of the Robert Boman Collection