William E. Corey (1905)

Later names
Ridgetown (1963)
Ridgetown (1965)

Builder:
Chicago Shipbuilding Company
South Chicago, Illinois
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1905
Launched:
June 24, 1905
Type:
Bulk freighter
Completed:
August 1905
Fate:
June 21, 1974 Sunk as breakwater.

Location: Port Credit, Ontario, Canada.
43.32N - 79.34W


Owner
Pittsburgh Steamship Company
Cleveland, Ohio
July 1963:
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd.
London, England
1965:
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 1970:
Canadian Dredge & Dry Dock Company Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
569'
Engines:
1 Triple expansion
Beam:
56'
Boilers:
2 Scotch Marine (coal fired) (b)
Draft:
19' 6"
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
6,363 (a)
HP:
1,800 IHP
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
10 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
N/A
Masts:
2
Construction notes
(a):
1937 rebuilt, 6,485 GRT
(b):
1937 Babcock & Wilcox water tube type boilers fitted.


Notes
Aug. 12, 1905:
Maiden voyage.
Nov. 28, 1905:
Grounded in storm at Gull Island Reef in the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior. Refloated
on Dec. 10, 1905.

June 1970:
Sunk as breakwater at Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada. Later raised.


Builder's Data
Page published July 23, 2010