SS WESTER (OHWU, LR/IMO ) Valmistunut/completed: 1920.4, Canada, Ontario, Collingwood, Collingwood Shipbuilding Co.Ltd. Shipyard no. 65.
3 945 dwt, ? hv, 76.50 x 13.35 x 7.16 m. Sistership the ERLING.
Government appropriations orders were placed with fourteen shipbuilding firms in Canada for the construction of a fleet of sixty three cargo vessels representing six standard types.
1920.4: CANADIAN FARMER, Montreal. Canadian Farmer Ltd. (Government company). 1932: W.E. Redfearn, Montreal. 1934: SS Farmer Ltd, Montreal.
1934.4: WESTER, homeport Uusikaupunki. Rederi Ab Wester (ship's master U.F. Andersson 50%, capt. John Gottleben 25%, ship's ch eng Arthur Aleksander Koskelin 25%) Uusikaupunki. Delivery in Vancouver.
1935.4: SHINKUANG, Shanghai, flag the Red Ensign. Shaw Shing SS Co (George L.Shaw), Foochow, China. Delivery in Shanghai with wheat cargo from France. 1942.4.6: enroute Calcutta - Madras gunfired and sunk by Japanese cruisers KUNANO, SUZUYA, SHIRAKUMO. Three hands were killed. In the same convoy sank five British ships, one Norwegian tanker, one U.S. ship.

CANADIAN FARMER
CANADIAN FARMER

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801 hits

CANADIAN FARMER, Vancouver
CANADIAN FARMER, Vancouver

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1760 hits

CANADIAN FARMER, Vancouver
CANADIAN FARMER, Vancouver

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1052 hits

CANADIAN FARMER, Vancouver
CANADIAN FARMER, Vancouver

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1265 hits

Canadian Farmer
Canadian Farmer

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738 hits

WESTER, Vancouver
WESTER, Vancouver

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1986 hits

Wester
Wester

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763 hits

Wester
Wester

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761 hits

Wester
Wester

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773 hits

SHIN KUANG
SHIN KUANG

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854 hits

Shinkuang
Shinkuang

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713 hits

Artturi Koskelin
Artturi Koskelin

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888 hits

Wester
Wester

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578 hits

Wester
Wester

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583 hits