ETHEL (1895, Tug (Towboat))

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sorel, QUE
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Steel
Builder Name:: Corkey
Original Owner and Location:: Sincennes McNaughton Line, Ltd., Montreal, QUE.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: Engine, Beauchman & Co., Sorel, QUE. 7' 6" x 12' 6" 125# steam Fitzgibbon boiler, J. & R Weir, Montreal, QUE.

Hull Dimensions

History

Chronology:

1930 Sold to Harrigan Tug Lines, Port Dalhousie, ONT.

1930 -mid Chartered to Lloyd Tankers.

1938 Owned Russell Construction Co. Ltd., Toronto, ONT; renamed R. C. CO. TUG #1

1958 renamed R. C. L. Tug #1.

1962 Owned Hamilton Harbour Commission; renamed ARGUE MARTIN; converted to oil.

1967 Owned Evans McKeil Work Boats Ltd., Winona, ONT.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: American Bureau of Shipping; C. Patrick Labadie; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register

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