SS Manitoulin

SS Manitoulin

The ship as Modjeska
History
Canada
Name	1889: Modjeska 1927: Manitoulin
Namesake	1927: Manitoulin Island
Owner	1889: Hamilton Steamboat Co 1911: Niagara Navigation Co Ltd 1915: Canada Steamship Lines 1926: Owen Sound Transportation Co Ltd 1950: Louis Cadesky
Port of registry	1889: Hamilton, Ontario 1926: Owen Sound
Builder	Napier, Shanks & Bell, Yoker
Yard number	46
Launched	13 April 1889
Out of service	1949
Identification	UK official number 96058
Fate	Scrapped 1953
General characteristics
Type	passenger ship
Tonnage	as built: 454 GRT, 23 NRT as rebuilt: 913 GRT, 453 NRT
Length	178.0 ft (54.3 m)
Beam	31.1 ft (9.5 m)
Depth	12.3 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	166 NHP
Propulsion	2 × screws 2 × triple-expansion engines
Capacity	as rebuilt: 150 passengers

SS Manitoulin was a Great Lakes passenger steamship. She was built in 1889 as Modjeska, and renamed Manitoulin in 1927 after a major refit. She was laid up in 1949 and scrapped in 1953.