CORONA

Registry and Rig Information

Name CORONA
Registry U.S.
Official Number 126505
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 299.42
Width 40.66
Depth 21.00
Gross Tonnage 2408.00
Net Tonnage 1828.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00018

Vessel History

Rebuilds Canadian measures, 1912 (292 x 40 x 24.5; 2517 gross - 1634 net). Lengthened at Lauzon, Quebec, 1920 (300.66 x 40.25 x 21.16; 2545 gross - 1478 registered). Tonnage change, 1924 (2439 gross - 1457 net). Tonnage change by 1940 (2420 gross - 2154 net).
History Received first enrollment at Cleveland, OH, July 12, 1888.Cut in two at Collingwood, Ontario, 1918, to be taken to coast. Sold to Cuban interests and was in dry dock at Port Huron, MI, in 1919. Sold by U.S. Marshal on March 6, 1919, and departed Port Huron in two pieces on October 20, 1919, passing down at Port Colborne on October 26. Joined at Montreal, Quebec, by Canadian Vickers. Then taken to Lauzon for lengthening.
Disposition Sunk as blockship at Dieppe, France by Royal British Navy on June 10, 1940. Raised and scrapped in 1946.

Build Information

Builder Globe Iron Works
Place Built Cleveland, OH
Date Built 1888-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
DORTE JENSEN1924-00-001927-00-00DENMARK
KAUPO1927-00-001940-00-00LATVIA
KAUPO1940-00-001940-00-00U.K.167442
PAIPOONGE1912-00-001924-00-00CANADA130840

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
British Dominion Investment Corp. (Victor W. Scott, Mgr.)1919-00-001924-00-00CANADA130840
British Ministry of War Transport (Hall Bros., Ltd., Mgrs.)1940-00-001940-00-00U.K.167442
Canadian Northwest Transportation Co., Ltd.1912-00-001917-00-00CANADA130840
Chr. Jensen1927-00-001940-00-00LATVIA
Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.1918-00-001919-00-00CANADA130840
Han Jensen1924-00-001927-00-00DENMARK
Montreal Transportation Co., Ltd.1917-00-001918-00-00CANADA130840
Mutual Transportation Co. of Escanaba (M.A. Hanna Co., Mgrs.)1888-00-001901-00-00U.S.126505
Pittsburgh Steamship Co.1901-00-001912-00-00U.S.126505