SS Manitoulin explained

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Ship Image:Modjeska (1889-1924).jpg
Ship Caption:The ship as Modjeska
Ship Country:Canada
Ship Name:
  • 1889: Modjeska
  • 1927: Manitoulin
Ship Namesake:
Ship Owner:
Ship Registry:
Ship Builder:Napier, Shanks & Bell, Yoker
Ship Yard Number:46
Ship Launched:13 April 1889
Ship Out Of Service:1949
Ship Identification:UK official number 96058
Ship Fate:Scrapped 1953
Ship Type:passenger ship
Ship Tonnage:
  • as built:,
  • as rebuilt:,
Ship Power:166 NHP
Ship Propulsion:
  • 2 × screws
  • 2 × triple-expansion engines
Ship Capacity:as 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, her beam was and her depth was . 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. 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.[2]

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[3] and increased her tonnages to and .

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

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Modjeska . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . 10 September 2022.
  2. https://archive.org/details/clarenceaugustus00clar/page/265/mode/2up/ Chant, C. Memoirs (1951-1953): 266
  3. Web site: Connecting Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula . . 24 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130907192333/http://www.ontarioferries.com/ostc/english/history.html . 7 September 2013.