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Created: 2018-11-04 9:05:16 PM
Last Edited: 2025-01-31 8:25:57 PM

Ruhr Ore (1975/02/14)	Cartiercliffe Hall (1978)	Cartiercliffe Hall (1978)	Cartiercliffe Hall. (1978)
Cartiercliffe Hall (1978/04)	Cartiercliffe Hall (1978/04/16)	Cartiercliffe Hall (1978/06)	Cartiercliffe Hall (1978/07)
Cartiercliffe Hall (1978/11)	Cartiercliffe Hall (1982/09)	Cartiercliffe Hall (1983/05)	Cartiercliffe Hall (1985/12/28)
Winnipeg (1988/04)	Winnipeg (1988/05/03)	Winnipeg (1988/05/03)	Winnipeg (1990/10/29)
Winnipeg (1992/09)	Winnipeg (1992/09)	Algontario (1998/06)	Algontario (2005/09/30)
Algontario (2006/04/06)	Algontario (2006/07/17)	Algontario (2007/05/12)	Algontario (2008/11/12)
Algontario (2011/05/28)

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5301980

Details/Construction
Builder:	Schlieker-Werft (Schlieker Shipyard)	Location:	Hamburg, West Germany	Hull #:	536
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1960/03/19	Commissioned:	1960/05

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 B&W 7-74VTBF-160 7-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	6436 kW (8750 hp) - 12.5 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Krupp MaK Maschinenbau GmbH - Germany

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	166.43 m (546.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8200
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	4663
	Beam:	22.59 m (74.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	20353
	Depth:	12.25 m (40.2 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Built as an ore carrier with her wheehouse midships..
Year: 1977	Length (oa):	222.51 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	18531
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	12617
	Beam:	23.09 m (75.8 ft)	Dead Weight:	29050
	Depth:	12.27 m (40.3 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Original cargo section and bow were removed and a brand new forebody was welded to the 1960-built stern creating a maximum sized Great Lakes freighter. The new hull was built and fitted to the original stern by Davie Shipbuilding Ltd. at Levis, Quebec.
Year: 1979	Length (oa):	222.51 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	18883
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	12875
	Beam:	23.09 m (75.8 ft)	Dead Weight:	28591
	Depth:	12.27 m (40.3 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	She suffered a major fire on 5 June 1979 which destroyed her entire original wheelhouse and accommodations structure. An entirely new accommodation block was built and fitted at the Collingwood Shipyard at Collingwood, Ontario.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Transatlantic Bulk Carriers Inc - Liberia		1960/05	1976/02
Hall Corporation Shipping Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1976/02	1988/02
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1988/02	1991/03
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Great Lakes Bulk Carriers - Canada	1991/03	1994/02
Algoma Central Marine - Canada	Seaway Bulk Carriers - Canada	1994/02	2000/02
Algoma Central Corporation - Canada	Seaway Marine Transport - Canada	2000/02	2011

Fleet	From	Until
Transatlantic Bulk Carriers Inc. - Monrovia, Liberia	1960/05	1976/02
Hall Corporation of Canada - Toronto, Ontario	1976/02	1988/02
Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1988/02	1994/02
Algoma Central Corporation - St. Catharines, Ontario	1994/02	2011/06

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Ruhr Ore	1976/02
Cartierciffe Hall	1988/02
Winnipeg	1994
Algontario	2011

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
1495	Monrovia, Liberia	5MDV		1960/05	1976/02
372490	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	VCKD		1976/02	2011/06/22

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey by Simsekler Ship Recycling (Gemi Sokum Tersanesi).
Arrival at Yard	2011/08/04	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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