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Created: 2019-02-08 11:48:50 AM
Last Edited: 2025-05-02 5:01:18 AM

Portadoc

Portadoc (1963/08)

Portadoc (1966/04/16)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Globe Iron Works	Location:	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Hull #:	26
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1899/08/05	Commissioned:	1899/10

Propulsion
Year: 1953	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (23.5", 38" & 63" x 42") (built in 1940)	Output:	1700 ihp - 10.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	American Ship Building Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	132.9 m (436.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4580
	Length (lbp):	129.1 m (423.58 ft)	Net Tonnage:	2894
	Beam:	15.2 m (50.02 ft)	Dead Weight:	7100
	Depth:	8.5 m (28.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.4 m (20.9 ft)
	Change Description:	Data from the 1966/67 Lloyds Register

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Cleveland Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	John Mitchell - USA	1899/10	1915/12/30
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Pickands Mather & Company - USA	1915/12/30	1926/02
Paterson Steamships Ltd. - Fort William, Ontario, Canada		1926/02	1951/01
N.M. Paterson & Sons - Fort William, Ontario, Canada		1951/01	1967/10
Marine Salvage Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada		1967/10	1969/12

Fleet	From	Until
Cleveland Steamship Co. - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	1899/10	1915/12/30
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1915/12/30	1926/02
Paterson Steamships Ltd. - Fort William, Ontario	1926/02	1951/01
N.M. Paterson & Sons Ltd. - Canada	1951/01	1967/10

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
H.C. Frick	1906
E.A.S. Clarke	1916
Mars	1926
Canadoc	1961
Portadoc

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 96464	Fairport, Ohio, United States			1899/10	1926/02
Can 116576	Fort William, Ontario, Canada	VCSJ		1926/02	1967/10

Description

Retired from service in 1967 and sold for scrap to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne. Towed to Port Maitland during September of 1969 where an old oil drilling rig was loaded prior to the ship being towed to Sorel where she ended up spending the winter months. Departed Sorel under tow with Nixon Berry in tandem in late May then arrived at Vado, Italy on July 1, 1970

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Vado, Italy
Arrival at Yard	1970/07/01	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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