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Created: 2019-01-17 10:58:24 AM
Last Edited: 2026-01-18 12:37:49 AM

Leadale	Leadale	Consumers Power (1953/08/24)	Leadale (1963/06)
Leadale (1963/08)	Leadale (1963/11/24)	Leadale (1964)	Leadale (1967/08/06)
Leadale (1972/07)	Leadale (1972/07)	Leadale (1974)	Leadale (1974/02)
Leadale (1975)	Leadale (1976/08/18)	Leadale (1976/08/18)	Leadale (1977/11)
Leadale (1981)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	St. Clair, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	77
Keel Layed:	1909/11/24	Launched:	1910/03/05	Commissioned:	1910/05

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion engine (23", 37" & 63" x 42"	Output:	1765 ihp (1317 kW) - 12.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Great Lakes Engineering Works - St. Clair, Michigan, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	159.7 m (524.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7073
	Length (lbp):	156.1 m (512.1 ft)	Net Tonnage:	4701
	Beam:	17.15 m (56.3 ft)	Dead Weight:	9400
	Depth:	9.15 m (30.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.109 m (20.0 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	Boland & Cornelius - USA	1910/05	1962/01
Leadale Shipping Ltd. - Canada	Westdale Shipping Ltd. - Canada	1962/01	1974/02
Reoch Transports Ltd. - Port Credit, Ontario, Canada	Westdale Shipping Ltd. - Canada	1974/02	1977/02
Dale Transports Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario		1977/02	1977/12

Fleet	From	Until
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	1912/05	1963
Leadale Shipping Ltd. - Port Credit, Ontario, Canada	1962/01	1974/02
Reoch Transports Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	1974/02	1977/02

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Harry Yates	1934
Consumers Power	1958
Fred A. Manske	1962
Leadale	1979

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 207361	Buffalo, New York, United States	WB5602		1910/05	1962/01
Br 316036	Hamilton, Bermuda	ZFDM		1962/01	1966/03
Can 316036	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	VXRS		1966/03	1977/12

Description

Laid up at Toronto at the end of the 1977 shipping season and did not sail again. Towed to Hamilton in October of 1978 where she loaded a cargo of scrap steel. The tugs Robert H and Techno Venture towed Leadale down the Seaway on December 12-13 and she wintered at Quebec City until the spring of 1979. Departed Quebec City in June 1979 behind the deep sea tug Ocean Birch bound for Cartagena, Colombia.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Cartagena, Colombia
Arrival at Yard	1979/10	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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