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Last Edited: 2021-11-25 3:18:26 PM

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd.	Location:	Hull, England	Hull #:	676
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1930/01/18	Commissioned:	1930/03

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Sulzer Air Blast Injection diesel engine	Output:	800 bhp - 10.5 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Sulzer Brothers Ltd. - Winterthur, Germany

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	77.2 m (253.2 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	2960
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	2344
	Beam:	13.3 m (43.6 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	6.4 m (21.1 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1962	Length (oa):	92.2 m (302.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3859
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	3055
	Beam:	13.2 m (43.4 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	5.7 m (18.7 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Lengthened at Port Weller Drydocks

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1930	1985/02
Desgagnes Transports Inc. - Quebec City, Canada		1985/02	1988

Fleet

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Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Thorold	1933
Chicago Tribune	1988

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Br 160889	Hull, England			1930	1932
Can 160889	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	VGDR		1932	1985/02
Can 160889	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	VGDR		1985/02	1988

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario by International Marine Salvage.
Arrival at Yard	1988/12/14	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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