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Canadian Allis-Chalmers, Fort Erie ON

Most recent update: September 1, 2010.


Canadian Allis-Chalmers was a subsidiary of Canadian General Electric Company and was primarily concerned with the manufacture of electrical machinery and equipment.  Their Fort Erie plant was huge and faced the water, so they built an emergency shipyard there.  It's impossible to find clear identification of the site: it seems to have been where Miller's Creek Marina was until recently.  See it from the air on Google here

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Built Disposition
300 War Magic The Shipping Controller Cargo Ship 2,324 Jan-20 Later Citta di Palermo 1920, Iside 1921, Siren 1929, Memphis 1935, missing 1941
301 War Vixen The Shipping Controller Cargo Ship 2,165 Sep-19 Later Helengallus 1920, Fructidor 1927, Ioannis Lyras 1928, Thetis 1931, Agamemnon 1932, wrecked 4nm S Cape Shableh 1933
302 War Wallaby/North American The Shipping Controller Cargo Ship 2,280 Aug-20 Later Shuntai Maru 1924, torpedoed and sunk 1944
303 War Wombat/South American The Shipping Controller Cargo Ship 2,272 Oct-20 Later Chokyu Maru 1925, Hokusen Maru 1935, Shoryu Maru 1955, scrapped 1960