Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

GLENLOCHIE (1923, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GLENLOCHIE
Also known as:
LANARK
Year of Build:
1923
Official Number:
145522
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Newcastle-On-Tyne, United Kingdom
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
1207
Builder Name:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Original Owner:
Great Lakes Transportation Co Ltd
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
252'
Beam:
42.6'
Depth:
20.6'
Tonnage (gross):
1904
Tonnage (net):
1121
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Irish coast
Date:
1946
How:
Scuttle with load of gas bombs
History
Chronology:

1923 Owned Great Lakes Transportation Co Ltd (Playfair)

1926 Owned George Hall Coal Corporation

1926 Owned Canada Steamship Lines

1927 Renamed LANARK

1940 Chartered by British Ministry of War Transport

1946 Scuttled off coast of Ireland

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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