Also known as:

ALGOMA MONTREALAIS

Year of Build:

1962

Official Number:

314394

Built at:

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Vessel Type:

Bulk Freighter

Hull Materials:

Steel

Hull Number:

278

Builder Name:

Canadian Vickers Ltd

Original Owner:

Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Steam turbine

# Cylinders:

2

# Boilers:

2 water tube

Propulsion Notes:

9000 hp engine built by Canadian General Electric Co, 1962; boilers built by Babcock &Wilcox Co, 1962

Length:

712'

Beam:

75'

Depth:

35'

Tonnage (gross):

17647

Tonnage (net):

12759

1962 Launched as MONTREALER; owned Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd (Papachristiois Co Ltd); renamed MONTREALAIS

1972 Owned Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd

1980 Collided with ALGOBAY in dense fog in St. Clair River at St. Clair, MI on June 25; repaired at Port Weller Drydock

2011 Owned Algoma Central Corp

2012 Renamed ALGOMA MONTREALAIS