1944                                  Poplarbranch                                          1953 (1980)

Steel twin-screw St. Lawrence River canal size tanker

Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Hull 125 as Springbank Park
Keel laid Jan 14, 1944;  launched July 8, 1944

259’ LOA, 251’4” LBP, 43’4” beam, 24’6” depth
1 deck, 2 oil-fired diesel engines, 1320 BHP

Enrolled at Montreal QC        
251.5 x 43.9 x 20.4, 2415 GT, 1715 NT     Can 175591     to:
Minister of Munitions & Supply, Ottawa ON, Park Steamship Co., Mgr. (home port Montreal QC)

Sold 1945 to Branch Lines Ltd., Sorel QC (home port to Sorel QC) and renamed Poplarbranch 

Stranded Nov 23, 1953 near Barranquilla Colombia, Caribbean Sea and sank. 

Sold 1953 to Kingcome Navigation, Vancouver BC for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Straits Conveyor 1957

Scrapped 1980 at Tacoma WA

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