Texaco Chief 2

1969                              Texaco Chief     2                           2004 (20

Steel twin-screw tanker

Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Hull 193
Keel laid Feb 23, 1968;  launched Dec 11, 1968

400’6” LOA, 369’9” LBP, 54’2” beam, 26’5” depth
1 deck, oil-fired diesel engines, 4000 BHP

Enrolled at
375.0 x 54.2 x 26.5, 5038 GT, 3164 NT     Can 325749     to:
Texaco Canada Ltd., Toronto ON (home port Toronto ON)

Entered service April 1969

Transferred 1986 on long term charter to Societe Sofati/Soconav, Sorel QC

Renamed A. G. Farquharson 1986

Fleet renamed Socanav Inc., Montreal QC (Societe Canadienne de Navigation) 1987

Fleet purchased 1986 by Imperial Oil Ltd., Toronto ON

Chartered 1997 season to Groupe Desgagnes Ltd., Montreal QC

Fleet sold 1998 to Algoma Tankers Inc., St. Catharines ON and vessel renamed Algonova.

Transferred 2004 to off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

IMO 6903981

 

6905

 

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