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Created: 2019-01-04 12:15:12 PM
Last Edited: 2024-12-04 9:24:19 AM

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Davie Shipbuilding Company (G.T. Davie & Sons)	Location:	Lauzon, Quebec, Canada	Hull #:	609
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1956/06/26	Commissioned:	1956/07

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 Fairbanks, Morse 4-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	1280 bhp (955 kW) - 11.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Fairbanks, Morse & Company - Beloit, Wisconsin
Year: 1991	Type:		Output:
	Manufacturer:	Engines removed and vessel converted to a self unloading barge.

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	78.9 m (259 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	2332
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	1836
	Beam:	13.4 m (43.9 ft)	Dead Weight:	3872
	Depth:	6.3 m (20.7 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1959	Length (oa):	100.9 m (330.92 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3328
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	2567
	Beam:	13.4 m (43.9 ft)	Dead Weight:	6142
	Depth:	7.9 m (26.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Lengthened and deepened at Lauzon, Quebec by Davie Shipbuilding Ltd.
Year: 1966	Length (oa):	100.97 m (331.3 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3328
	Length (lbp):	77.12 m (253.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	2321
	Beam:	13.37 m (43.9 ft)	Dead Weight:	6241
	Depth:	7.93 m (26.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	9.033 m (29.6 ft)
	Change Description:	Converted to a self-unloading cement carrier at Kingston, Ontario by the Kingston Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
Year: 1991	Length (oa):	91.0 m (298.6 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3279
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	2950
	Beam:	13.4 m (44.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	7.4 m (24.3 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Reduced to a barge and fitted with a notch on her stern for a pusher tug.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1956/08	1991/02
Lake Ontario Cement Company - Toronto, Ontario, Canada		1991/02	1993/02
Essroc Canada Inc.		1993/02	1993/12
St. Marys Cement Company - Canada		1993/12

Fleet	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1956/08	1991/02
Lake Ontario Cement Company	1991/02	1993/02
Essroc Canada Inc.	1993/02	1993/12
St. Marys Cement Company - Toronto, Ontario	1993/12

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Metis

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Can 198480	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	VGXV		1956/08	1991/02
Can 198480	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	VGXV		1991/02

Description

METIS laid up for the last time on 1 August 1983 at Kingston Ontario
She was towed to Toronto on 29 October 1987 and remained there in layup/retirement
In 1991 she was reduced to a unpowered barge

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

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