Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

GLENBURNIE (1923, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GLENBURNIE
Also known as:
WATERLOO
Year of Build:
1923
Official Number:
144521
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
598
Builder Name:
Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd
Original Owner:
Great Lakes Transportation Co Ltd
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
252'
Beam:
42'
Depth:
18'
Tonnage (gross):
1905
Final Disposition
Final Location:
2 1/2 miles NE of Smith's Knoll Buoy off east coast of England
Date:
10 Jul 1940
How:
Lost by German aircraft attack
Notes:
Was being used in evacuation of B.E.F. from Dunkirk at the time
History
Chronology:

1923 Owned Great Lakes Transportation Co Ltd

1925 Owned George Hall Coal Corporation

1926 Owned Canada Steamship Lines

1927 Renamed WATERLOO

1940 Lost by enemy action off east coast of England on July 10

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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