Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

GLENBUCKIE (1923, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GLENBUCKIE
Also known as:
NORFOLK
Year of Build:
1923
Official Number:
145516
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wallsend-On-Tyne, United Kingdom
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
1197
Builder Name:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Original Owner:
Glen Steamship Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
252'
Beam:
42.6'
Depth:
20.6'
Tonnage (gross):
1901
Tonnage (net):
1118
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off coast of Venezuela
Date:
18 Sep 1942
How:
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine
GPS:
Latitude: 08.36N Longitude: 59.20W
History
Chronology:

1923 Owned Glen Steamship Co (Playfair)

1925 Owned George Hall Coal Corporation

1926 Owned Canada Steamship Lines

1927 Renamed NORFOLK

1942 Torpedoed and sunk off Venezuela on September 18

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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