SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name STILLWATER
Type Cargo, Great Lakes type
Yard Number 839
Launched 08/03/1928
Completed 04/1928
Off. Number 147799
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 1933 Canadian Lake Carriers Ltd., Montreal
  1938 KEYHOLT, Keystone Transports Ltd., Montreal
  1942 U.S. War Shipping Administration, Panama (Alcoa S.S. Co. Inc.)
   
Fate 29/11/1945 wrecked 3 miles NNE of Georgetown, Demerara when outward for Port of Spain with bauxite. Wreck later had a small, open-frame lighthouse built on it and is referred to on charts as "Keyholt Shoal."

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