SAND MERCHANT

Registry and Rig Information

Name SAND MERCHANT
Registry CANADA
Official Number 153443
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 252.00
Width 43.42
Depth 17.42
Gross Tonnage 1981.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00079

Vessel History

History Foundered in 45 mph gale, 13 1/2 miles, 288 degrees from Cleveland Light (main entrance), off Avon Point, Lake Erie, on October 17, 1936; twenty lives lost. Seven crew members rescued by steamers THUNDER BAY QUARRIES and MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO. 1 the following morning. Vessel was en route from Pelee Point for Cleveland with construction sand. Hull located by Corps of Engineers survey vessel PEARY on December 3, 1936.

Build Information

Builder Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Place Built Collingwood, Ont.
Date Built 1927-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Interlake Transportation Co., Ltd.1927-00-001936-00-00CANADA153443