THOROLD (1930, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
THOROLD
Also known as:
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Year of Build:
1930
Official Number:
160889
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Hull, United Kingdom
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
676
Builder Name:
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Original Owner:
Ontario Transportation & Pulp Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
253'
Beam:
43.6'
Depth:
23'
Tonnage (gross):
2960
Tonnage (net):
2344
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Colborne, Ontario
Date:
1989
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1930 Owned Ontario Transportation & Pulp Co

1933 Owned Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co Ltd; renamed CHICAGO TRIBUNE

1958 Installation of 10 cylinder, 8" x 20", 1880 hp, oil engine built by Fairbanks, Morse & Co in 1944

1962 Lengthened to 314.2' by Port Weller Drydock Ltd

1984 Owned Group Desgagnes Inc

1989 Scrapped

Contact
Contact
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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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