Pennyworth (ship)

Pennyworth was the first freighter to bring cargo to Churchill's new port facilities, in 1932.

The Pennyworth was a freighter, built in Scotland in 1916. She was the first freighter to carry cargo to Canada's newly opened deepwater port on the Arctic Ocean, at Churchill, Manitoba.[1][2]

She arrived on August 17, 1932, carrying a mixed cargo of liquor, china and glass tableware, binding twine, and lubricating oil, as well as a few passengers. She was the first freighter to arrive again in 1933, on August 13, 1933.[3]

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