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Created: 2018-12-06 9:09:43 PM
Last Edited: 2025-02-06 11:17:53 PM

Robert B. Wallace	Robert B. Wallace	Robert B. Wallace (1954/08/17)	Robert B. Wallace (1955/06)
Peter Robertson (1965/09)	Peter Robertson (1969/07)	Peter Robertson (1969/07)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	West Bay City Shipbuilding Company	Location:	West Bay City, Michigan, USA	Hull #:	514
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1906/05/19	Commissioned:	1906/05/21

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (23.5", 38" & 63" x 42")	Output:	1900 ihp (1417 kW) - 11.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Detroit Shipbuilding Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	169.2 m (555.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6657
	Length (lbp):	160.3 m (525.8 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5140
	Beam:	16.8 m (55.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	10600
	Depth:	9.4 m (31.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.3 m (20.8 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Franklin Steamship Company - Chicago, Illinois	D. Sullivan & Company	1906/05/21	1910
Franklin Steamship Company - Chicago, Illinois	H.K. Oaks - Cleveland, Ohio	1910	1923/12/06
Kinney Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1923/12/06	1936
Wilson Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1936	1957
Republic Steel Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio	Wilson Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1957	1969
Sea-Land Service Inc.		1969	1969

Fleet	From	Until
Kinney Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1923/12/06	1936
Wilson Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1936	1969

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
E.J. Earling	1924
Robert B. Wallace	1957
Peter Robertson	1969

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 203108	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1906/05/21	1923/12/06
US 203108	Fairport, Ohio, United States			1923/12/06	1932
US 203108	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WB2093		1932	1969

Description

Wrecked off La Coruna, Spain on 2 November 1969 while she was under tow of the tug Fairplay X along with another retired steamer, Buckeye. They were enroute from Quebec for Santander, Spain where she was to be scrapped.

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost	Wrecked off La Coruna, Spain while she was under tow for Santander, Spain, for scrapping.		Date:	1969/11/02

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