Algoma Montrealais
Algoma Montrealais entering Port Colborne harbour on its way down the Welland Canal on 27 September 2014
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History | |
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Name | Montrealais |
Owner |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Canadian Vickers, Montreal |
Yard number | 278 |
Launched | 15 November 1961 |
Completed | April 1962 |
Renamed |
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Identification | IMO number: 5241142 |
Fate | Broken up at Aliağa, Turkey beginning on 10 July 2015 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Lake freighter |
Tonnage | |
Length | |
Beam | 23 m (75.5 ft) |
Propulsion | 1 × steam turbine |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Montrealais was a
Description
Montrealais was 222.5 m (730.0 ft) long overall and 215.7 m (707.7 ft) between perpendiculars. The vessel had a beam of 23 m (75.5 ft) and was powered by one steam turbine. The lake freighter had a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The vessel had a gross register tonnage of 17,647 GRT and a deadweight tonnage of 27,840 DWT.[1]
Service history
Montrealais was constructed in two sections, with the forepart of the ship built by
Initially owned by Canadian Vickers and
On 25 June 1980 Montrealais collided with
The ship's captain was issued the ceremonial top hat traditionally issued to the captain of the first vessel to set out to transit the St. Lawrence Seaway, in 1963 and 2009.[6][7][8]
In 2012, Upper Lakes Shipping's fleet was sold to
References
- ^ a b c d "Montrealais (5241142)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- The Leader-Post. The Canadian Press. 5 July 1962. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
The new freighter, Montrealais, was loaded with 893,462 bushels of No. 2 Northern wheat.
- ^ a b Wharton, George. "Algobay: Algobay 1978 – 1994, Atlantic Trader 1994 – 1997". boatnerd. Archived from the original on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
The Algobay was involved in a head-on collision with the Upper Lakes steamer Montrealais on an extremely foggy St. Clair River just below Port Huron, Michigan, on June 25, 1980, with resulting extensive bow damage to both vessels.
- ^ a b "Lakers collide in River". Windsor Star. 25 June 1980. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
Petty Officer Allen a US Coast Guard spokesman in Detroit, said the collision occurred at 5:08 am in dense fog off St Clair.
- ^ Weekend Herald. 25 June 1980. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Peterborough Examiner. 1 April 2009. Archived from the originalon 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
Upper Lakes Group owns the laker S. S. Montrealais that was featured in yesterday's traditional top hat canal-opening ceremony.
- ^ "Passage to the Sea". The New York Times. 21 April 1965. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
The ice is gone, the bulk carrier Montrealais was the first ship to head upstream, and navigation on the St. Lawrence Seaway is under way again.
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Wells, Karen (29 April 2009). "Captain Peckford leads the way". Lewisporte Pilot. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
The ship he is mastering now, the Montrealais is 46-years-old this year. It is 730 feet long with a 75-foot beam.
- ^ a b Wharton, George. "Algoma Montrealais". boatnerd. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011.
- ^ "20th Annual Winter Lay-up List: 2013–2014". boatnerd. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ Gross, Bob (17 April 2015). "Canadians buying new freighters for Great Lakes trade". Port Huron Times Herald. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
External links
Media related to IMO 5241142 at Wikimedia Commons