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Created: 2018-11-08 12:46:33 AM
Last Edited: 2023-03-07 11:19:23 AM

Ralph Budd (1950)	L.A. McCorquodale (1960/07/09)	L.A. McCorquodale (1961/07/16)	L.A. McCorquodale (1962/24)
L.A. McCorquodale (1963/08)

IMO:

2202329

Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ecorse, Michigan	Hull #:	7
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1905/06/10	Commissioned:	1905/08/29

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Quadruple expansion steam engine	Output:	2000 ihp - 12 Knots
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	122.7 m (402.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4544
	Length (lbp):	116.1 m (381.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3845
	Beam:	15.3 m (50.2 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.2 m (30.2 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1924	Length (oa):	402.5 ft	Gross Tonnage:	4671
	Length (lbp):	381.0 ft	Net Tonnage:	3972
	Beam:	50.2 ft	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	30.2 ft	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Remeasured.
Year: 1930	Length (oa):	122.7 m (402.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4337
	Length (lbp):	116.4 m (382.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3350
	Beam:	15.2 m (50.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	7.9 m (25.9 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Rebuilt as a bulk freighter after being salvaged by Reid Wrecking Company (Sarnia, Ontario); having wrecked on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior on May 15, 1929, in a storm.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Western Transit Company - Buffalo, New York		1905/09/15	1916/02/22
Great Lakes Transit Corporation Inc. - Buffalo, New York		1916/02/22	1930
Great Lakes Transit Corporation - Midland, Ontario	James Playfair	1930	1931
Midland Steamships Ltd. - Midland, Ontario		1931	1938
Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Company Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario		1938	1959
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario		1959	1964
Toronto Harbor		1964	1966
United Steel & Refining Company - Hamilton, Ontario		1966	Scrapped

Fleet	From	Until
Great Lakes Transportation Company - Midland, Ontario	1930	1931
Midland Steamship Lines, Inc.	1931	1938
Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Company - Toronto, Ontario	1938	1959
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. (ULS) - Toronto, Ontario	1959	1964

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Superior	1926
Ralph Budd	1959
L.A. McCorquodale	1966

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 202329	Buffalo, New York, United States			1905/08/29	1930
Can 154862	Midland, Ontario, Canada	VCTB		1930	1954
Can 154862	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	VCTB		1954	1966

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Hamilton, Ontario by United Steel & Refining Company.
Arrival at Yard	1966/05/05	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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