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Created: 2019-06-17 4:29:49 AM
Last Edited: 2023-01-25 12:43:07 PM

Aspenleaf (1948/06)

Helen Hindman (1950/06)

Helen Hindman (1952/08)

Grovedale (1955/08)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Buffalo Drydock Company	Location:	Buffalo, New York, United States	Hull #:	204
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1903/04/11	Commissioned:	1903/06/08

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (14.5", 25" & 42.3" x 30")	Output:	650 ihp - 10.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Detroit Shipbuilding Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	77.7 m (255.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	1640
	Length (lbp):	73.5 m (241.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	944
	Beam:	12.5 m (41.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	5.5 m (18.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1953	Length (oa):	77.7 m (255.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	1903
	Length (lbp):	73.5 m (241.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	1315
	Beam:	12.5 m (41.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	6.3 m (20.7 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Bow and cargo section deepened at Port Dalhousie, Ontario

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Company - Duluth, Minnesota, USA	A.B. Wolvin - USA	1903/06	1905
Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Company - Duluth, Minnesota, USA	D. Sullivan & Company - USA	1905	1916/08/08
French Government		1916/08/08	1921
Glen Steamships Ltd. - Midland, Ontario, Canada	James Playfair - Canada	1921	1925/02/12
George Hall Coal & Shipping Company - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1925/02/12	1926/03/10
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1926/03/10	1937
Manseau Shipyard, Sorel, Quebec, Canada		1937	1938
Marine Industries Ltd. - Sorel, Quebec, Canada		1938	1942
Branch Lines Ltd. - Sorel, Quebec, Canada		1942	1949
Diamond Steamship Company - Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada	George Hindman - Canada	1949	1951
Reoch Steamship Company - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1951	1956
Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Company - Toronto, Ontario, Canada		1956	1959/08

Fleet

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Name History

Registration History

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 77580	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1903/06	1916/08/08
Br 145463	Newcastle, England			1921	1925/02/12
Can 145463	Montreal, Quebec, Canada			1925/02/12	1938
Can 145463	Sorel, Quebec, Canada			1938	1949
Can 145463	Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada			1949	1956
Can 145463	Toronto, Ontario, Canada			1956	1959/08

Description

Towed from Toronto on 8 August 1959 by the steamer DOUGLASS HOUGHTON bound for Port Weller, Ontario where she was later cut up for scrap

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped in Port Weller, Ontario by A. Newman & Sons Ltd.
Arrival at Yard	1959/08/08	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date: