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SS Kamloops was a Canadian lake freighter that was part of the fleet of Canada Steamship Lines from its launching in 1924 until it sank with all hands in Lake Superior off Isle Royale, Michigan, United States, on or about 7 December 1927.
S.S. Puritan (George M. Cox) SS Henry Chisholm PS Cumberland To the west and south of Isle Royale is the Rock of Ages Lighthouse.Built in 1908, the light has provided the ships of Lake Superior with assurances that the Rock of Ages reef would be found by the captain, before the reef found the ship.
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Algoma (Official #85766) was built in 1883 by Aitken & Mansell in Glasgow, Scotland, for use by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. [3] Algoma was 262 feet (80 m) long, with a 38-foot (12 m) beam, a depth of 23 feet (7 m), [3] [4] and had a gross register tonnage of 1,750 tons as originally built. [5]
The SS Avondale Park sank by U-boat on May 7, 1945 while under charter to Ministry of War Transport. Two men were killed and there were 39 survivors. Two men were killed and there were 39 survivors. Avondale Park was the last Allied ship lost to German submarines during the war.
HMCS Kamloops was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as an ocean escort. She was named for Kamloops, British Columbia .
The Mackenzie class was an offshoot of the St. Laurent-class design. Initially planned to be an improved version of the design, budget difficulties led to the Canadian government ordering a repeat of the previous Restigouche class, [2] with improved habitability and better pre-wetting, bridge and weatherdeck fittings to better deal with extreme cold. [3]
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