SS Canadian Constructor was a 7,178 GRT[1] refrigerated ship built in 1922 by Halifax Shipyards Ltd in Nova Scotia.
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | SS Canadian Constructor |
| Owner | Canadian Constructor, Ltd.[1] |
| Operator | Canadian National Steamships[1] |
| Port of registry | Halifax, Nova Scotia[1] |
| Builder | Halifax Shipyards Ltd, Nova Scotia[1] |
| Launched | 24 September 1921 |
| Completed | 1922 |
| Out of service | 1939 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Argos Hill |
| Namesake | Argos Hill, Mayfield, East Sussex |
| Owner | Ernels Shipping Co, London[2] |
| Operator | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London[2] |
| Port of registry |  London |
| Acquired | 1939[2] |
| Out of service | August 1945[2] |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Burnt out |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | refrigerated cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 430.0 ft (131.1 m)[1] |
| Beam | 56.2 ft (17.1 m)[1] |
| Draught | 29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)[1] |
| Depth | 34.8 ft (10.6 m)[1] |
| Installed power | 705 NHP[1] |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine; screw[1] |
The ship had 12 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of 264 square feet (25 m2) heating her four 180 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers, which had a combined heating surface of 10,848 square feet (1,008 m2).[1] The boilers fed a 705 NHP triple expansion steam engine that was built by Tidewater Shipbuilders Ltd of Trois-Rivières, Quebec.[1] Her hull had a 13-ton fore peak tank and a 128-ton aft peak tank.[1]
The ship's first manager was Canadian National Steamships, which set up a one-ship company, Canadian Constructor Ltd, to own her.[1]
In 1939 she was sold to Ernels Shipping Co of London, who registered her in London as SS Argos Hill and her placed under the control of Counties Ship Management.[2] She was damaged in an air attack on Convoy OA 178 in the English Channel on 4 July 1940.[3]
Argos Hill survived and remained in service until after the surrender of Germany, but was destroyed by fire on 7 August 1945[2][4] just a week before the surrender of Japan.
Footnotes edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Lloyd's Register 1935.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Lloyd's Register of Shipping" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1945. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Slader 1988, p. 55.
- ^ Swiggum, S (1997–2010). "Canadian Government Merchant Marine CGMM, Montreal 1918-1928". The Ships List. S Swiggum & M Kohli. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
Bibliography edit
- "Lloyd's Register of Shipping" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1935. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- Slader, John (1988). The Red Duster at War. London: William Kimber & Co Ltd. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-7183-0679-1.
Further reading edit
- Sedgwick, Stanley; Sprake, R. F. (1977). London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949–1977. Kendal: World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617037.
- Sedgwick, Stanley (1993) [1992]. Kinnaird, Mark; O'Donoghue, K. J. (eds.). London & Overseas Freighters, 1948–92: A Short History. Kendal: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-68-1.