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Transit History

Created: 2018-12-12 8:34:35 PM
Last Edited: 2024-03-12 1:39:23 PM

Nipigon Bay (1955/06)	Nipigon Bay (1957/06)	Nipigon Bay (1963/08)	Nipigon Bay (1978)
Nipigon Bay (1981/07)	Nipigon Bay (1982/04/23)	Nipigon Bay (1982/05)	Nipigon Bay (1982/07)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Collingwood Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Collingwood, Ontario, Canada	Hull #:	146
Keel Layed:	1950/03/07	Launched:	1950/11/04	Commissioned:	1951/04/18

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Inglis triple expansion steam engine	Output:	4500 shp (3310 kW) - 14.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	The John Inglis Company Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	189.0 m (620.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	12595
	Length (lbp):	182.9 m (600.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	9573
	Beam:	20.7 m (68.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	10.7 m (35.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.3 m (24.0 ft)
	Change Description:	Originally built as a crude oil tanker with her wheelhouse positioned approximately mid-ship
Year: 1958	Length (oa):	210.93 m (692.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	13274
	Length (lbp):	204.83 m (672.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	9712
	Beam:	21.14 m (69.4 ft)	Dead Weight:	18868
	Depth:	10.67 m (35.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.411 m (24.3 ft)
	Change Description:	Converted from an oil tanker to a dry bulk carrier and lengthened by 72' by the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company at Port Arthur, Ontario

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Pipe Line Tankers Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	Imperial Oil Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	1951/04	1954
Pipe Line Tankers Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1954	1972
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1972	1989

Fleet	From	Until
Imperial Oil Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	1951/04	1954
Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1954	1989

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Imperial Leduc	1955/02
Nipigon Bay	1989/09

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Can 176115	Collingwood, Ontario, Canada	VDZQ		1951/04	1989/09

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey by Ege Celik Endustrisi TAS
Arrival at Yard	1989/09/19	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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