1965 Ontario Power 1983 (1987)
Steel self-unloading Great Lakes/ocean bulk freighter
Built at St. Catharines ON by Port Weller Dry Docks Ltd., Hull 37
Launched June 19, 1965
Built to carry coal from Dominion Coal Co., Sydney NS to Ontario Hydro ports on Lake Ontario
712’ LOA, 675’2” LBP, 75’ beam, 45’9” depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired boilers, steam turbine engine, 9000 SHP
Enrolled at
689.4 x 75.2 x 42.5, 20624 GT, 12768 NT Can 322194 to:
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., Toronto ON (home port Toronto ON)
Entered service July 1965
Sold 1983 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes
Renamed Thornhill (Vanuatu) 1983 and Alkalli Seri (Mexico) 1984
Sold for scrap 1987. Arrived Kaohsiung Taiwan June 9, 1987 for scrapping.
IMO 6515435
6503
i wish to know the names of the crew for the ontario power. also the positions they held in 1966 and 67.
i often saw her in my port in sydney ns.
thank you
lorne mackinnon
I sailed on her as a cadet officer, 4th mate, and 3rd mate in 1971. The captain was George Davies. 2nd Mate was Walter Davis. Chief officer was also last name of Davis. He would have been the captain in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 etc. Her sister ship was the SS Cape Breton Miner. There was a brief period that the Ontario Power was chartered offshore prior to 1971. During that time she grounded and suffered a hole in the # 3 port wing tank. It could have been #4 wing tank. The cape breton minor was also chartered offshore for a longer period of time.