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Created: 2019-08-01 8:22:33 AM
Last Edited: 2023-05-25 10:36:39 PM

Eskimo (1959/06/27)	Eskimo (1965/06)	Eskimo (1965/06)	Eskimo (1968/09/17)
Eskimo (1970/07/12)	Eskimo (1970/07/12)	Eskimo (1970/08/01)	Mathilda Desgagnes (1985/04)
Mathilda Desgagnés (2003/11/17)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Davie Shipbuilding Company (G.T. Davie & Sons)	Location:	Lauzon, Quebec, Canada	Hull #:	611
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1959/04/27	Commissioned:	1959/06

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 Fairbanks-Morse 10-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	3200 bhp (2387 kW) - 14 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Fairbanks, Morse (Canada) Ltd. - Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	109.8 m (360.33 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4462
	Length (lbp):	102.1 m (335.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3086
	Beam:	15.6 m (51.33 ft)	Dead Weight:	6500
	Depth:	8.6 m (28.1 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.8 m (22.25 ft)
	Change Description:	Built as an ocean bulk freighter with deck cranes (2 cranes of 5 tonne capacity, 4 derricks of 5 tonne capacity and 1 derrick of 30 tonne capacity) for Great Lakes, Arctic and Atlantic service
Year: 1964	Length (oa):	109.8 m (360.2 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4462
	Length (lbp):	102.1 m (335.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3086
	Beam:	15.6 m (51.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	6370
	Depth:	8.6 m (28.2 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.8 m (22.3 ft)
	Change Description:	In the fall of 1964 her deck cranes were removed - She was rebuilt as a package freighter with 4 side doors (port & stbd) and a second deck - Her hull was strengthened for ice navigation at Lauzon, Quebec by Davie Shipbuilding

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1959/06	1976
Power Corporation of Canada	Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1976	1980/02
Ocean Lines Ltd. - Canada		1980/02	1980/08
Les Armateurs du St. Laurent Inc. - Quebec, Canada	Desgagnes Transports Inc. - Quebec, Canada	1980/08	1987
Desgagnes Transports Inc. - Quebec City, Canada		1987	2007
Transcomar S.A. - Panama		2007

Fleet	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1959/06	1980/02
Groupe Desgagnes Inc. - Quebec City, Quebec	1980/02	2007

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Eskimo	1980
Mathilda Desgagnes	2007
Gisela

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Can 311755	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	VYJN		1959/06	1980/08
Can 311755	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada			1980/08	2007

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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