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Created: 2023-12-03 12:32:33 PM
Last Edited: 2023-12-08 12:48:39 PM




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Birchton (1960)
  IMO: 5044843  
Details/Construction
Builder:A. McMillan & SonsLocation:Dumbarton, United KingdomHull #:489
Keel Layed:Launched:1924/02/21Commissioned:1924/04
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Triple expansion steam engineOutput:800 IHP - 9 Knots
Manufacturer:
  
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):79.6 m (261.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:1732
Length (lbp):76.2 m (250.0 ft)Net Tonnage:1005
Beam:13.2 m (43.3 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:5.3 m (17.5 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Year: 1950Length (oa):261.0 m (856.3 ft)Gross Tonnage:2047
Length (lbp):250.0 m (820.2 ft)Net Tonnage:1390
Beam:43.3 m (142.1 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:20.4 m (66.9 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Deepend by Muir Brothers Dry Dock Company (Port Dalhousie, Ontario).
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Mathews Steamship Company - Toronto, Ontario1924/041933
Lake Steamship Company - Toronto, OntarioJames B. Foote19331937
Gulf & Lake Navigation Company - Montreal, QuebecR.A. Carter19371962
Century Metal & Equipment Company19621962
Bathurst Marine Ltd. - Bathurst, New Brunswick1962Scrapped
FleetFromUntil
Mathews Steamship Company - Toronto, Ontario1924/041931
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Birchton
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Br 147893 Glasgow, United Kingdom 1924/04 1937
Can 147893 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1937 1962
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Arrival at Yard1968Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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