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Canadian Car & Foundry, Fort William ON

Most recent update: September 1, 2010.


Canadian Car & Foundry Co. was started in the 19th century and primarily built streetcars, buses and railcars.  In World War One they started an emergency yard in Fort William (now Thunder Bay) to build trawler/minesweepers for the French.  The yard was at 1001 Montreal Street: see the site from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Built Disposition
1 Navarin French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Sep-18 Later Hohenlinden 1925, Patco 1926, Beth Tank Ship No. 1 195, deleted 1965
2 Mantoue French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Sep-18 Later Gemma 1922, sold 1949
3 St. Georges French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Nov-18 Later Loubyrne 1925, Dorothy Duke 1937, deleted 1952
4 Leoben French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Nov-18 Deleted 1933
5 Palestro French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Oct-18 Later cargo ship Pepe Caragol 1923, Bermec 1923, deleted 1936
6 Lutzen French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Nov-18 Wrecked Nauset Beach, Chatham, Cape Cod 1939
7 Bautzen French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Nov-18 Later Rowena 1923, Peary 1925, foundered 60nm NW St Pierre 1961
8 Inkerman French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Nov-18 Lost in Lake Superior
9 Cerisoles French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Nov-18 Lost in Lake Superior
10 Sebastopol French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Nov-18 Wrecked on the Brandies, Cape St Francis 1933
11 Malakoff French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Nov-18 Later Arctica 1951, Illex 1964, foundered Bay Roberts 1974
12 Seneff French Navy Trawler (FV) 321 Nov-18 Later Neptus 1929, Seneff 1929, wrecked near Canso 1955
13 E. D. Kingsley   Cargo Ship 1,029 Nov-19 Later Southholm 1930, barge Bulk Carrier No. 1 1951, scrapped 1957