Iroquois 2

1955                                   Iroquois     2                                 1983 (1989)

Steel twin-screw St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Hull 151
Launched June 4, 1955

259’ LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’9” beam, 22’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, 2 oil-fired diesel engines, 1280 BHP

Enrolled at
253.1 x 44.0 x 20.7, 2300 GT, 1729 NT     Can 176119     to:
Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC (home port Montreal QC)

Entered service July 1955

Sold 1967 to N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd., Fort William ON (home port to Fort William ON) and renamed Troisdoc  (3)

Laid up at end of 1980 season at Cardinal ON, towed to Kingston ON late 1981 and did not operate again until her sale off Lakes

Sold 1983 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.

Renamed Koba (Mexico) 1983

Foundered April 10, 1989 in the Gulf of Mexico

IMO 5163651

 

5505

 

 

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