W. HARKESS & SON LTD., MIDDLESBROUGH
| Name | CALGARY |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 194 (sub-contract from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson y.n.892) |
| Launched | 01/07/1912 |
| Completed | 08/1912 |
| Off. Number | 133514 |
| Engine builder | |
| Engine type | Motor twin screw, aft |
| GRT | 1639 |
| Length (feet) | 248 |
| Beam (feet) | 42.5 |
| First owner | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend |
| History | 1915 James Playfair, Midland, Ontario |
| 1916 BACOI, Standard Oil Co., New York | |
| 1917 converted to a tanker, new diesel engine by McIntosh & Seymour Corp., New York | |
| 1921 Gillespie S.S. Corporation, New York | |
| 1925 Bacoi S.S. Corporation (C. D. Mallory & Co. Inc.), Wilmington, Delaware | |
| 1930 Lake Tankers Corporation, Wilmington | |
| 1937 Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc., New York | |
| 1941 Bacoi Shipping Corporation (R. W. Chamberlin), New York | |
| Fate | 20/05/1945 damaged by explosion and fire off the Cape Cod Canal on passage New York for Boston with oil, refloated and broken up in 1948. |
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