1948 Northcliffe Hall 1977
Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter
Built at Montreal QC by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Hull 230
Keel laid July 11, 1947; launched Dec 1, 1947
259’3” LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’9” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired boilers, Skinner Unaflow engine, 730 IHP
Enrolled at Montreal QC
252.6 x 43.8 x 18.6, 1986 GT, 1171 NT Can 179195 to:
Hall Corporation of Canada, Montreal QC (home port Montreal QC)
Entered service 1948
Converted to tanker 1957 at Montreal QC by Canadian Vickers Ltd.
Remeasured to 1174 NT
Renamed Cape Transport 1961
Sold 1977 for off-Lakes service, converted to barge at Toronto ON and renamed Wittransport II but laid up at various ports around Lake Ontario and did not leave the Great Lakes. Towed to Windsor ON Dec 1991 for use as a storage barge, then to Wallaceburg ON for use as a dock facing.
Scrapped 2007 at La Salle ON.
IMO 5061982
4804
Towed up the river Aug. 15, 2007 from Amherstburg.
Scrapped by Dean Construction at LaSalle, Ont.