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Created: 2019-01-27 12:14:05 PM
Last Edited: 2022-10-20 8:11:08 PM

Pic River	Pic River (1962/06/13)	Pic River (1963/11/20)	Pic River (1964/07)
Pic River (1972/05/19)	Pic River (1976)	Pic R (1982/03/27)	Pic R (1982/03/27)

IMO:

5277684

Details/Construction
Builder:	F.W. Wheeler & Company	Location:	West Bay City, Michigan	Hull #:	117
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1896/08/27	Commissioned:	1896/08

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 B&W 6-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	1650 bhp (1231 kW) - 10.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Burmeister & Wain - Copenhagen, Denmark

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	115.8 m (380.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3419
	Length (lbp):	111.6 m (366.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3262
	Beam:	13.4 m (44.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	2979
	Depth:	6.7 m (22.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	2.1 m (7.0 ft)
	Change Description:	Originally built as a bulk freight barge
Year: 1952	Length (oa):	113.7 m (373.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3569
	Length (lbp):	104.0 m (341.2 ft)	Net Tonnage:	2480
	Beam:	13.6 m (44.6 ft)	Dead Weight:	5283
	Depth:	7.98 m (26.2 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.074 m (19.9 ft)
	Change Description:	Extensively rebuilt and converted to a powered motor vessel at Port Weller Drydocks in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.. Her Danish-built B&W 6-cylinder diesel engine was from the Danish cargo ship ENGLAND (IMO 5607185) which was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea on 27 January 1940 northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Bessemer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1896	1901/03
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota, United States	Augustus B. Wolvin - USA	1901/03	1936/09
John P. Geistman - Duluth, Minnesota, USA		1936/09	1937
Pigeon Timber Company - Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada		1937	1938
Lakehead Transportation Company - Fort William, Ontario, Canada		1938	1943
Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Ltd. - Fort William, Ontario, Canada		1943	1949
Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1949	1979

Fleet	From	Until
Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company - Thorold, Ontario	1978	1981

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
James Naysmyth	1937
Merle H.	1949
Pic River	1978
Pic R	1984

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 158268	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1896	1937
Can 158268	Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada	CYFY		1937

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Hamilton, Ontario by United Metals
Arrival at Yard	1978	Beached:		Work Began:	1984/03
Lost				Date:

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