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Created: 2019-01-19 11:15:55 AM
Last Edited: 2025-01-06 11:52:34 PM

Cyclo Brave	John Irwin (1935)	Texaco Brave (1962/05/14)	Texaco Brave (1971/05/19)
Texaco Brave (1971/05/19)	Texaco Brave (1975/04/07)	Texaco Brave (1975/04/07)	Texaco Brave (1975/07/23)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Furness Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Haverton Hill-on-Tees, England	Hull #:	145
Keel Layed:	1928/11/10	Launched:	1929/03/07	Commissioned:	1929/04

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (17", 28" & 46" x 36")	Output:	900 IHP - 10.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	North Eastern Marine Engineering Company Ltd. - Newcastle, England

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	78.9 m (259.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	1926
	Length (lbp):	76.2 m (250.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	1116
	Beam:	13.2 m (43.25 ft)	Dead Weight:	2783
	Depth:	5.5 m (18.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	5.0 m (16.25 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
McColl-Frontenac Petroleum Inc. - Canada		1929/04	1931
S.S. John Irwin Ltd. - Canada		1931	1939
S.S. Cyclo-Brave Ltd. - Canada		1939	1947
S.S. Texaco Brave Ltd. - Canada	Texaco Canada Ltd.	1947	1975

Fleet	From	Until
Texaco Canada Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	1947	1975/12

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
John Irwin	1940
Cyclo Brave	1947
Texaco Brave	1975

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
UK 160718	Middlesborough, England			1929/04	1930/03
Can 160718	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	VGLD		1930/03	1975/12

Description

The tanker John Irwin Irwin arrived from Europe with a cargo of peanut oil for Toronto on May 6, 1929.

The scrap tow has G.W. Rogers on the bow and Bagotville on the stern as they pass out of Cherry Street basin into Toronto harbor.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Ramey's Bend, Ontario by Dwor Metals
Arrival at Yard	1975/04/08	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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