Out of service 19 November 1919 Launched 26 October 1918 Draft 5.97 m | Yard number 2 Identification IMO 143388 Length 80 m | |
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Builder Polson Iron Works Co. (Toronto Shipbuilding), Toronto | ||
The SS War Toronto was a small freighter built in Toronto, in 1918, at the Polson Ironworks. She was built for wartime service, during World War One. After the war she was employed carrying coal, in civilian service. She ran aground off Sweden in September 1919. Although she was refloated, she was subsequently destroyed in a fire, in November 1919.
The Montreal Gazette profiled the War Toronto on its first visit to Montreal, on April 30, 1919. They described her as the last of 46 vessels built for the Imperial Munitions Board. She was carrying lumber to Cardiff, Wales.
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