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Created: 2019-01-28 11:08:05 PM
Last Edited: 2023-03-04 1:45:30 AM

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Lithgows Ltd.	Location:	Glasgow, Scotland	Hull #:	1068
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1952/06/26	Commissioned:	1953/01

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Doxford 6-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	7300 bhp (5446 kW) - 14.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	D. Rowan & Company Ltd. - Glasgow, Scotland

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	169.6 m (556.42 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	12501
	Length (lbp):	160.6 m (527.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	7155
	Beam:	22.2 m (72.75 ft)	Dead Weight:	18080
	Depth:	11.7 m (38.4 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	9.3 m (30.58 ft)
	Change Description:	Completed as a petroleum products tanker with her wheelhouse in the midship.
Year: 1960	Length (oa):	169.6 m (556.42 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	12339
	Length (lbp):	160.6 m (527.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	7322
	Beam:	22.2 m (72.75 ft)	Dead Weight:	17370
	Depth:	11.7 m (38.25 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	9.4 m (30.9 ft)
	Change Description:	Converted from a tanker to a dry bulk carrier at Port Weller Drydocks in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. In the conversion her midship wheelhouse was moved aft.
Year: 1976	Length (oa):	222.05 m (728.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	16712
	Length (lbp):	213.21 m (699.5 ft)	Net Tonnage:	10849
	Beam:	22.2 m (72.8 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	11.66 m (38.3 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	9.424 m (30.9 ft)
	Change Description:	Lengthened to full St. Lawrence Seaway length at Port Weller Drydocks in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Gwenllian Thomas Steamship Company - Wales	Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co. Ltd.	1953	1960
Island Shipping Ltd. (Bermuda) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Upper Lakes Group Inc. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada	1960	1972
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada	J.D. Leitch - Toronto, Ontario, Canada	1972	1986/11

Fleet	From	Until
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. (ULS) - Toronto, Ontario	1961	1986

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Llandaff	1960
Wheat King	1987
Bulk Cat	1989
Brugse 1	1989/10

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Br. 185358	Cardiff, Wales	GPDY		1953/01	1960
Can 185358	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	VDJS		1960	1986
	Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			1989/08	1989/10

Description

Original ownership recorded as Gwenllian Thomas Steamship Co. Ltd, Anne Thomas Steamship Company Ltd., Cardiff Llanberis Steamship Company Ltd., Llangollen Steamship Company Ltd. - Cardiff, Wales

Laid up at Toronto, Ontario on 11 December 1981 and never operated again.

Sold for scrapping in 1986. Towed to Lauzon, Quebec by Stormont. Departed Lauzon on 24 November 1986 under tow of the Polish tug Jantar bound for Rotterdam, Netherlands, arriving there 23 January 1987. There she was used as a grain storage and transfer barge.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Chittagong Roads, Bangladesh
Arrival at Yard	1989/10/11	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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