REDHEAD (1930, Barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
REDHEAD
Also known as:
BLUE CROSS; LAKE TRANSPORT; CONGAR; ONG; WINOC
Year of Build:
1930
Official Number:
154909
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Vessel Type:
Barge
Additional vessel types:
Bulk Freighter; Tank Vessel
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
112
Builder Name:
Canadian Vickers Ltd
Original Owner:
Red Barge Line Ltd
Hull Dimensions
Length:
254.7'
Beam:
43.7'
Depth:
19'
Tonnage (gross):
1524
History
Chronology:

1930 Owned Red Barge Line Ltd

1934 Owned Blue Line Motorships Ltd; installation of 2 oil, 5 cylinder engines, 12" x 15", built by Fairbanks, Morse & Co; renamed BLUE CROSS

1940 Converted to tanker by Muir Bros Drydock Ltd, Port Dalhousie, ONT

1942 Owned Shell Canadian Tankers Ltd

1946 Owned Heathdale Agencies Ltd

1959 Owned Hall Corporation of Canada; renamed LAKE TRANSPORT

1965 Owned Johnstone Shipping Ltd

1966 Renamed CONGAR

1969 Owned Natomas of Canada Ltd; renamed ONG

1970 Renamed WINOC

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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