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Created: 2019-03-25 12:26:28 PM
Last Edited: 2026-02-13 9:31:00 PM




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John B. Richards (1957/09/14)
  IMO: 1148849  
Details/Construction
Builder:Napier & Miller ShipyardLocation:Old Kilpatrick, ScotlandHull #:248
Keel Layed:Launched:1925/03/12Commissioned:1925/04
Propulsion
As builtType:1 triple expansion steam engine (17", 28.5" & 47" x 33")Output:1000 ihp (736 kW) - 10 Knots
Manufacturer:David Rowan & Company - Glasgow, Scotland
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):79.6 m (261.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:1743
Length (lbp):77.1 m (253.1 ft)Net Tonnage:1236
Beam:13.17 m (43.2 ft)Dead Weight:2500
Depth:5.5 m (18.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft:4.7 m (15.58 ft) 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Eastern Steamship Company - Port Colborne, Ontario, CanadaBoland & Cornelius1925/041936/01
Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Company - Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJohn D. Leitch - Toronto, Ontario, Canada1936/011959/10
Saint John Drydock Company - Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada1959/101961
FleetFromUntil
Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Company - Toronto, Ontario1936/011959/10
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
John B. Richards1959/10
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
UK 148849 Glasgow, Scotland 1925/04 1931/01
Can 148849 Toronto, Ontario, Canada VDCY 1931/01 1959/10
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Saint John, New Brunswick in 1961/62
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
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