SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name CLEARWATER
Type Cargo, Great Lakes type
Yard Number 838
Launched 23/02/1928
Completed 03/1928
Off. Number 147798
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T. 3 cyl., engines aft
GRT 1796
Length (feet) 253
Beam (feet) 43.4
First owner Water Transports Ltd., Middlesbrough/Montreal
   
History 20/05/1928 Stranded at Pointe des Monts, P.Q., Gulf of St. Lawrence, on voyage for Quebec from Anticosti Island with pulpwood, possibly on maiden voyage from England. Refloated 07/1928, and declared a constructive total loss. Surrendered to underwriters, then repurchased, rebuilt, and renamed.
  1929 TRENORA, Canadian Lake Carriers Ltd. (Keystone Transports Ltd.), Montreal
  1941 Keystone Transports Ltd., Montreal
  1949 renamed KEYSHEY
  1957 (1959?) La Verendrye Line Ltd. (Keystone Transports Ltd.)
  1961 managers Hall Corporation of Canada
   
Fate 24/05/1967 arrived at Bilbao under tow for breaking.

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