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Created: 2019-01-30 6:40:05 PM
Last Edited: 2024-11-29 8:29:15 PM

Orefax (1968/07/28)	Orefax (1968/08)	Orefax (1970/07)	Isle Royale (1975/04/28)
Isle Royale (1988/05/01)	Isle Royale (1988/05/01)	Isle Royale (1988/05/01)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Canadian Vickers Ltd.	Location:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Hull #:	231
Keel Layed:	1947/07/01	Launched:	1947/10/30	Commissioned:	1947/11

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 2-cylinder Skinner Unaflow engine (25" & 26")	Output:	730 IHP - 10.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Canadian Vickers Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Year: 1960	Type:	1 Fairbanks 10-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	1600 bhp (1177 kW) - 11.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	Fairbanks, Morse (Canada) Ltd. - Kingston, Ontario, Canada (engine built in 1944 - installed in June 1960)

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	79.0 m (259.25 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	1986
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	1171
	Beam:	13.3 m (43.75 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	6.2 m (20.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1960	Length (oa):	104.0 m (341.33 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3095
	Length (lbp):	102.1 m (335.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	2203
	Beam:	13.4 m (43.8 ft)	Dead Weight:	5375
	Depth:	7.2 m (23.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	5.2 m (17.2 ft)
	Change Description:	Lengthened, deepened, repowered with a diesel engine and converted to self-unloader by Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Hall Corporation of Canada		1947	1973
Richelieu Dredging Corporation, Inc.		1973	1976
McNamara Corporation of Newfoundland, Ltd.	Richelieu Dredging Corporation Inc. & The J.P. Porter Company Ltd.	1976	1983
Cartier Construction Corporation		1983	1988/01
Marine Salvage, Ltd.		1988/01

Fleet	From	Until
Hall Corporation of Canada - Toronto, Ontario	1947/11	1961
Hall Corporation (Shipping) 1969 Ltd. - Canada	1961	1973

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Southcliffe Hall	1961
Orefax	1973
Isle Royale	1988/12

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Can 179194	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	VXFR		1947/11	1988/12

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Humberstone, Ontario by Marine Salvage, Ltd.
Arrival at Yard	1988/04/30	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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