SS Manitoulin
The ship as Modjeska
History
Canada
Name
  • 1889: Modjeska
  • 1927: Manitoulin
Namesake1927: Manitoulin Island
Owner
Port of registry
BuilderNapier, Shanks & Bell, Yoker
Yard number46
Launched13 April 1889
Out of service1949
IdentificationUK official number 96058
FateScrapped 1953
General characteristics
Typepassenger ship
Tonnage
  • as built: 454 GRT, 23 NRT
  • as rebuilt: 913 GRT, 453 NRT
Length178.0 ft (54.3 m)
Beam31.1 ft (9.5 m)
Depth12.3 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power166 NHP
Propulsion
Capacityas rebuilt: 150 passengers

SS Manitoulin was a Great Lakes passenger steamship. She was built in 1889 as Modjeska, and renamed Manitoulin in 1927 after a major refit. She was laid up in 1949 and scrapped in 1953.

Building

Napier, Shanks and Bell built Modjeska in Yoker, Glasgow, Scotland, launching her on 13 April 1889. Her registered length was 178.0 ft (54.3 m), her beam was 31.1 ft (9.5 m) and her depth was 12.3 ft (3.7 m). She was a twin-screw steamship, and each of her screws was driven by a triple-expansion steam engine built by Dunsmuir and Jackson Ltd. of Govan. Between them her twin engines were rated at 166 NHP.[1]

Modjeska

Modjeska was an excursion steamer on Lake Ontario. Her first owner was the Hamilton Steamboat Co Ltd, which registered her in Hamilton, Ontario. Her United Kingdom official number was 96058.[2] Her ownership passed to the Niagara Steam Navigation Co Ltd in 1911 and Canada Steamship Lines Ltd in 1915.[1]

On June 13, 1903, the Modjeska was involved in an early Canadian demonstration of ship-to-shore wireless transmission. While the ship was about 20 miles offshore, members of the American De Forest Wireless Co. exchanged messages with company engineers, scientists and dignitaries on shore in Toronto.[3]

Manitoulin

1931 Owen Sound Transportation Company poster featuring Manitoulin

In 1926 the Owen Sound Transportation Company acquired Modjeska in damaged condition, had her refitted, renamed her Manitoulin and moved her to Owen Sound. The refit provided cabins and staterooms for up to 150 passengers[4] and increased her tonnages to 913 GRT and 453 NRT.[5]

In 1949 Manitoulin was laid up, and in 1950 Norgoma replaced her. [6] Manitoulin was stripped in 1951 at Port Dalhousie, Ontario and scrapped in late 1953 at Port Weller Dry Docks.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Modjeska". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  2. ↑ LLoyd's Register, 1914, MLJ–MOE.
  3. ↑ Chant, C. Memoirs (1951-1953): 266
  4. ↑ "Connecting Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula". Owen Sound Transportation Company. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. ↑ LLoyd's Register, 1930, MAN.
  6. ↑ Pearen 2001, p. 24.

Bibliography

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