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Created: 2019-03-14 5:30:12 PM
Last Edited: 2021-07-07 10:52:03 PM




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Thunder Cape (1987/12/11)
  IMO: 5038648  
Details/Construction
Builder:J.S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd.Location:Gainsborough, United KingdomHull #:1545
Design:Empire class
Keel Layed:Launched:1944/07/07Commissioned:1944/08/30
Propulsion
As builtType:2 - 3cyl (16, 26 x 43 x 30ins), 177nhp; (1963: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 1400bhp)Output:
Manufacturer:
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):32.5 mGross Tonnage:242
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:
Beam:8.14 mDead Weight:
Depth:3.5 mDisplacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
UK Minister of War Transport - England19441946
R. & J.H. Rea Ltd. - Bristol, England19461949
France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Company - Newcastle, England19491970
E.R. Mellenger Company - Canada19701970/11
Industrial Insulators Ltd. - Canada1970/111972
Western Engineering Service - Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada19721986
Great Lakes Marine Contracting - Port Dover, Ontario, Canada19861992
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Empire Paul1946
Queensgarth1949
Beamish1970
Rex Mellinger1970/10
Beamish1973
Thunder Cape
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
180286
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Port Maitland by Port Maitland Shipbreaking
Arrival at Yard1992Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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