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Created: 2025-10-15 12:37:53 PM
Last Edited: 2026-04-03 11:29:33 AM




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Ontario Explorer (2026/04/03)
      
Details/Construction
Builder:Hike Metals Products Ltd.Location:Wheatley, Ontario, CanadaHull #:
Keel Layed:Launched:2010Commissioned:2011
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Caterpillar C12 - 6-cylinder diesel engineOutput:340 bhp - 9.5 knots
Manufacturer:Caterpillar Inc. - Mossville, Illinois, United States (unconfirmed)
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):19.8 m (65.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:111
Length (lbp):18.9 m (62.0 ft)Net Tonnage:
Beam:6.6 m (21.5 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:Displacement:
Draft:1.8 m (6.0 ft) 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Canadian Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO)Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry2011
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Ontario Explorer
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Kingston, Ontario, Canada CFN5159 316018336 2011
Description
Vessel was built for scientific research and fisheries tasks including netting, lake trout and bloater stocking on Lake Ontario, bottom and mid-water trawling, gillnetting and hydro-acoustic surveying (under E.Y.E. Marine Consultants)
Disposition
Description/Location
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