Category:Saxona (ship, 1903)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Lake bulk freighter
• Official number: 200036 (U.S.); 137906 (Canada)
• Built by: American Ship Building Co., Cleveland, Ohio
• Yard No: 416
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1903.06.06
• Completed: 1903.07
• Length over all: 436 ft
• Beam: 50 ft
• GRT: 4716
• DWT:
• drc.ohiolink.edu
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com
• www.wrecksite.eu

History[edit]

• 1903 Named Saxona; Flag: United States
  • Port: Duluth
  • Owner: Zenith Steamship Co
• 1906.04.16 Collided with Eugene Zimmerman in St. Mary river; both ships sank but were refloated and repaired.
• 1917.05.14 Collided with Pentecost Mitchell; both ships sank. Deemed constructive loss, but raised by underwriters
• 1917.06.19 Sold to Reid Wrecking Co; ship towed to Collingwood, ON, and rebuilt
• 1917 Sold to Mathews Steamship Co., Toronto; renamed Laketon; Flag: Canada
• 1933 Fleet sold to Colonial Steamships Ltd., Port Colborne, ON
• 1959 Fleet renamed to Scott Misener Steamships Ltd.
• 1965 Sold to Crosbie & Co.
• 1967 Sold for scrap
• 1968.01.13 Sank at 39.42 N x 30.36 W while under tow to Vado, Italy, for scrapping