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Created: 2018-11-22 8:19:12 PM
Last Edited: 2026-02-28 1:01:55 PM

Sir Denys Lowson	vandoc	Sir Denys Lowson (1964/07)	Sir Denys Lowson (1965/06)
Sir Denys Lowson (1972/08)	Sir Denys Lowson (1973/07)	Sir Denys Lowson (1978)	Vandoc (1980)
Vandoc (1982)	Vandoc (1983/04/27)	Vandoc (1983/04/27)	Vandoc (1983/06/14)
Vandoc (1985)	Vandoc (1985/06/01)	Vandoc (1985/07/30)	Vandoc (1987/05)
Vandoc (1989)	Vandoc (1989/02/19)	Vandoc (1989/05/21)	Vandoc (1989/05/21)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Collingwood Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Collingwood, Ontario, Canada	Hull #:	179
Keel Layed:	1963/05/15	Launched:	1963/11/27	Commissioned:	1964/03

Propulsion
As built	Type:	4 Fairbanks, Morse 8-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	6000 bhp (4413 kW) - 12.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	Canadian Locomotive Company Ltd. - Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	184.41 m (605.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	10239
	Length (lbp):	179.84 m (590.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	7473
	Beam:	19.03 m (62.4 ft)	Dead Weight:	16101
	Depth:	10.34 m (33.9 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.22 m (23.7 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway Company - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada		1964/03	1970/01
Algoma Steamships Ltd. - Canada		1970/01	1979/01
N.M. Paterson & Sons - Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada		1979/01	2002/06

Fleet	From	Until
Algoma Central Marine - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada	1964/03	1979/01
N.M. Paterson & Sons Ltd. - Canada	1979/01	2002/06

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Sir Denys Lowson	1979/01
Vandoc	2002/06

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Can 318686	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada	VCQJ		1964/03	1979/01
Can 318686	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	VCQJ		1979/01	2002/06

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario by Purvis Marine.
Arrival at Yard	2002/06/12	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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