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Created: 2019-02-08 4:33:35 PM
Last Edited: 2024-07-04 11:10:23 AM

Black River	Black River	Black River	Black River
Black River	Black River (1964/08)	Black River (1968/07)	Black River (1970/07/12)
Black River (1970/09)	Black River (1973/06)	Black River (1974/09)	Black River (1976)
Black River (1977/06)	Black River (1979)	Black River (1979/10/22)	Tuxpancliffe (1979/11/18)
Tuxpancliffe (1979/11/25)

IMO:

5045940

Details/Construction
Builder:	F.W. Wheeler & Company	Location:	West Bay City, Michigan	Hull #:	118
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1896/10/07	Commissioned:	1897/04/27

Propulsion
Year: 1952	Type:	1 Diesel engine	Output:
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	116.6 m (382.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3419
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	3159
	Beam:	13.7 m (45.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	7.0 m (23.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1937	Length (oa):	116.6 m (382.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3395
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	3003
	Beam:	13.7 m (45.1 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	6.6 m (21.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Remeasured for Canadian registration.
Year: 1952	Length (oa):	113.7 m (373.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3587
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	2484
	Beam:	13.6 m (44.6 ft)	Dead Weight:	5283
	Depth:	6.6 m (21.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted from a barge to a motor vessel by Port Weller Dry Docks Ltd. (St. Catharines, Ontario).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Bessemer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1896/11	1901
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota	A.B. Wolvin	1901	1936
Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co. - Duluth Minnesota	John P. Geistman	1936	1937
Pigeon Timber Co. - Port Arthur, Ontario		1937	1938
Lakehead Transportation Co. - Port Arthur Ontario		1938	1943
Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Ltd. - Port Arthur Ontario		1943	1948
Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company - Thorold, Ontario		1948	1979
Marine Salvage, Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario		1979	1979
Cayman Shipping Corporation - Georgetown, Cayman Islands		1979	1981
Caribbean Sub Corporation S.A.		1981	1983

Fleet	From	Until
Bessemer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1897/04/27	1901
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota	1901	1936
Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co. - Duluth Minnesota	1936	1937
Pigeon Timber Co. - Port Arthur, Ontario	1937	1938
Lakehead Transportation Co. - Port Arthur Ontario	1938	1943
Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Ltd. - Port Arthur Ontario	1943	1948
Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company - Thorold, Ontario	1978	1979
Cayman Shipping Corporation - Georgetown, Cayman Islands	1979	1981

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Sir Isaac Lothian Bell	1937
Blanch H.	1949
Black River	1979
Tuxpancliffe

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 116741	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1896/11/11	1937
Can 158269	Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada			1937	1948
Can 158269	Montreal, Quebec, Canada			1948	1979
	George Town, Cayman Islands			1979	1981
	Panama, Panama			1981	1983

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Corpus Christi, Texas.
Arrival at Yard	1983	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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