LEECLIFFE HALL (1947, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
LEECLIFFE HALL
Also known as:
COVE TRANSPORT; WIT TRANSPORT
Year of Build:
1947
Official Number:
177899
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Additional vessel types:
Tank Vessel
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
228
Builder Name:
Canadian Vickers Ltd
Original Owner:
Hall Corporation of Canada
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Unaflow 25" x 26" stroke
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
2 Scotch
Propulsion Notes:
730 hp; engine and boilers built by vessel builder, 1947
Hull Dimensions
Length:
252.6'
Beam:
43.6'
Depth:
20.6'
Tonnage (gross):
2020
Tonnage (net):
1171
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Bermuda
Date:
Dec 1977
How:
Sank
History
Chronology:

1947 Owned Hall Corporation of Canada

1957 Converted to tanker

1961 Renamed COVE TRANSPORT

1977 Owned West Indies Transport Ltd; renamed WIT TRANSPORT; sank off Bermuda in December

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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