North West (1894)

Later names:
Maplecourt (1919)

Builder:
Globe Iron Works
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1894
Launched:
January 6, 1894
Type:
Passenger (later cargo)
Completed:
May 1894
Dimensions:
Length 358' 5" Beam 44' Draft 23' 2" (as built)
GRT:
4,244
Fate:
Torpedoed and sunk Feb. 6, 1941 by U-107 (Kapitänleutnant Günther Hessler)

Location: North Atlantic, about 100 miles west of Rockall.
57.33N-17.24W

38 men lost, no survivors.
(Roll of Honour)
Owners
Northern Steamship Company
Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.

1915:
Susquehanna Finance Corp.
Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
(Bought after ship was destroyed by fire on Mar. 6, 1911, laid up until 1918.)

1918:
J. F. Darcy
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(Ship cut into two pieces for towing to Montreal. Bow section sank in tow on Nov. 29, 1918.)

1918:
Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd.
Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
(Stern section converted into a cargo ship, renamed Maplecourt.)

1922:
Canada Steamship Lines Ltd.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1927:
Sincennes McNaughton Tugs Ltd.
(Sin-Mac Ltd.)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(Bought after ship was wrecked at Magnetic Reef.)

1937:
United Towing and Salvage Company Ltd.
Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada


Builder's Data
Page published Nov. 17, 2018