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Dalwarnic
The ''Dalwarnic'' was the name of a small Canadian-built freighter. She was built in Port Arthur, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) in 1921, by Port Arthur Shipbuilding. She was built for the Canadian Government which commissioned her as the ''Canadian Harvester''. She sailed under that name until 1926, when she was acquired by the Canadian Atlantic Transit Company. That is when she acquired the name she was best known by - ''Dalwarnic''. The vessel was designed with her bridge amidships, not the bridge right up in the bow that was traditional for lake freighters, although she spent much of her first two decades on the North American Great Lakes. On May 26, 1926 the ''Dalwarnic'' struck another freighter, the '' Nisbet Grammer'', off Somerset, New York. The ''Nisbet Grammer'' sank, but her crew were rescued. She was the largest steel-hulled shipwreck in Lake Ontario. The ''Milwaukee Sentinel'' reported that the ''Dalwarnic'' was owned by the Canadian National Railway. The ''Dalwarni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalwarnic – In Wartime Gray – Canadian Forces Photo Via NOAA
The ''Dalwarnic'' was the name of a small Canada, Canadian-built freighter. She was built in Port Arthur, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) in 1921, by Port Arthur Shipbuilding. She was built for the Canadian Government which commissioned her as the ''Canadian Harvester''. She sailed under that name until 1926, when she was acquired by the Canadian Atlantic Transit Company. That is when she acquired the name she was best known by - ''Dalwarnic''. The vessel was designed with her bridge amidships, not the bridge right up in the bow that was traditional for lake freighters, although she spent much of her first two decades on the North American Great Lakes. On May 26, 1926 the ''Dalwarnic'' struck another freighter, the ''Nisbet Grammer'', off Somerset, New York. The ''Nisbet Grammer'' sank, but her crew were rescued. She was the largest steel-hulled shipwreck in Lake Ontario. The ''Milwaukee Sentinel'' reported that the ''Dalwarnic'' was owned by the Canadian National Railway. The ''Dalw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |