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Created: 2019-01-21 12:25:53 AM
Last Edited: 2025-03-23 1:17:28 AM

Marlhill	Harvey H. Brown	Harvey H. Brown	Parker Evans (1970/08/03)
Parker Evans (1973)	Parker Evans (1973)	Parker Evans (1973/10)	Parker Evans (1974)
Parker Evans (1978/08/05)	Marlhill (1979/04)	Marlhill (1979/08/19)	Marlhill (1979/08/19)
Marlhill (1979/08/19)	Marlhill (1981/03/15)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ecorse, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	40
Keel Layed:	1907/12/12	Launched:	1908/03/21	Commissioned:	1908/04/24

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (24.5", 38.5" & 65" x 42")	Output:	1878 ihp (1401 kW) - 10.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Great Lakes Engineering Works - Detroit, Michigan, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	169.48 m (556.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7815
	Length (lbp):	164.85 m (540.8 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5725
	Beam:	17.78 m (58.3 ft)	Dead Weight:	11430
	Depth:	9.45 m (31.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.398 m (21.0 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Mutual Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota	G.A. Tomlinson	1908/06	1916/11/04
Headwater Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	Harvey H. Brown & Company	1916/11/04	1928
Stewart Furnace Company		1928	1929
Youngstown Steamship Company - Cleveland Ohio	Pickands Mather & Company	1929	1930
Interlake Steamship Company		1930	1963
Marine Salvage, Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario		1963	1964
Hindman Transportation Company - Owen Sound, Ontario		1964	1978/12
Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company, Thorold, Ontario		1978/12	1981

Fleet	From	Until
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1930	1963
Hindman Transportation Company Ltd. - Owen Sound, Ontario	1964	1978/12
Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company - Thorold, Ontario	1978/12	1981

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Harry A. Berwind	1918
Harvey H. Brown	1964
Parker Evans	1978/12
Marlhill	1981

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 205072	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1908/04/15	1932
US 205072	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1932	1964
UK 306052	London, England			1964	1965
Can 306052	Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada	VOPB		1965	1981/05

Description

During the spring 1980 fitout in Toronto, a crack was found in the boiler. It was deemed uneconomical to repair. The ship was sold, along with sister ship Lac Des Iles, to be used as grain storage in Mexico. Both vessels left in May, 1981, towed by Irving Birch, but both foundered (Marlhill on May 30 and Lac Des Iles on June 1) along the Atlantic seaboard, before reaching Mexico.

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost	Sunk, while under tow in the Atlantic Ocean, 125 nautical miles East-Southeast of Cape Charles, Virginia; enroute to Tampico, Mexico.		Date:	1981/05/30

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