INTERNATIONAL (1884, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
INTERNATIONAL
Also known as:
HJD NO.2
Year of Build:
1884
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Hull Number:
8
Builder Name:
Globe Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner and Location:
International Bridge Company, Buffalo, NY.
Ownership Notes:
Controlled by Grand Trunk Railway Co.
Power
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
Hull Dimensions
Length:
71'
Beam:
17.1'
Depth:
8.3'
Tonnage (gross):
62
Final Disposition
Date:
1953
Notes:
Out of registry.
History
Chronology:

1884, Apr 17 Launched; cost $15,000.

1899 Owned International Bridge Co.

1907 Rebuilt, Empire Shipbuilding Co, Buffalo; new upper works, boilers.

1939 Owned Toronto Drydock Co., Toronto, ONT; rebuilt, repowered diesel engines, C173512.

1940 Owned J.P. Porter & Sons Ltd., Montreal, QUE.

1941 Owned Minister of War Transport for United Kingdom; taken to Alexandria, Egypt for service as fire tug during World War II; 71 x 17.1 x 8.3', 58 gross / 22 net tons; renamed H.J.D. NO.2.

1950 Owned Gebrs Bijkers, Handelsonderneming N.V., Ijsselmonde, N.V.

1951 Owned Ruysbroek near Boom, Belgium.

1942 Converted to diesel by Toronto Dry Dock Co, Ltd, Toronto, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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