''Pennyworth'' was a freighter, built in

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in 1916. She was the first freighter to carry cargo to Canada's newly opened deepwater port on the Arctic Ocean, at

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. She arrived on August 17, 1932, carrying a mixed cargo of liquor,

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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.

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* {{commonscat-inline, Pennyworth (ship, 1916) Cargo ships of the United Kingdom Ships built in Scotland 1916 ships