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Created: 2021-05-11 3:19:08 PM
Last Edited: 2024-04-02 9:05:23 PM

Ferndale

Ferndale (1961/06/17)

Ferndale (1962)

Ferndale (1962/09/23)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Barclay, Curle & Company, Ltd.	Location:	Whiteinch, Glasgow, Scotland	Hull #:	630
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1929/03/14	Commissioned:	1929/04

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam turbine engine (15", 25" & 40" x 33")	Output:	750 IHP - 8 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Barclay, Curle & Company Ltd. - Glasgow, Scotland

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	78.9 m (259.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	1940
	Length (lbp):	77.0 m (252.7 ft)	Net Tonnage:	1160
	Beam:	13.2 m (43.3 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	6.1 m (20.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Paterson Steamships Ltd.		1929/04	1946
Colonial Steamships Ltd.		1946	1949
Sarnia Steamships Ltd.		1949	1951
Colonial Steamships Ltd.		1951	1959
Scott Misener Steamships Ltd.		1959	1959
Reoch Transports Ltd.		1959	1963
Steel Company of Canada (STELCO)		1963	Scrapped

Fleet	From	Until
Paterson Steamships Ltd. - Fort William, Ontario	1929/04	1940
Sarnia Steamships Ltd. - Sarnia, Ontario	1949/09	1951
Colonial Steamships Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario	1951	1959
Misener Transportation Ltd - St. Catharines, Ontario	1959	1959
Colonial Steamships Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario	1951	1959
Reoch Transports Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	1959	1963

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Coteaudoc	1947
Milverton	1949
Clary Foran	1959
Ferndale	1963/03

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Br 149500	Newcastle-on-Tyne, United Kingdom			1929/04	1930
Can 149500	Fort William, Ontario, Canada			1930	1946
Can 149500	Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada			1946	1949
Can 149500	Sarnia, Ontario, Canada			1949	1959
Can 149500	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	VDLF		1959	1963/03

Description

Requisitioned in 1940 for service during World War II, off-lakes. The ship returned to service on the lakes in 1947.

On September 24, 1947 the Milverton was involved in a collision with Translake while downbound in the St. Lawrence River above Morrisburg, Ontario; with a load of coal. Oil from the Translake flowed over the steam engine, sparking an explosion and fire. Eleven sailors aboard the Milverton were lost. The Milverton was refloated in the summer of 1948 and moved to Port Weller, Ontario in April 1949; for repair.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped in Hamilton, Ontario by the Steel Company of Canada (STELCO).
Arrival at Yard	1963/03	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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