Leecliffe Hall 1

1947                                       Leecliffe Hall     1                            1977 (1977)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Montreal QC by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Hull 228
Keel laid Dec 14, 1946;  launched June 26, 1947

259’3” LOA, 253’ LBP, 43’9” beam, 20’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired boilers, Skinner Unaflow engine, 730 IHP

Enrolled at Montreal QC
252.6 x 43.8 x 18.6, 1985 GT, 1171 NT     Can 177899     to:
Hall Corporation of Canada, Montreal QC (home port Montreal QC)

Entered service 1947

Converted to tanker 1957 at Lauzon QC by George T. Davie & Sons Ltd.
Remeasured to 2020 GT, 1170 NT

Renamed Cove Transport 1961

Sold 1977 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Wittransport (Panama) 1977

Sunk 1977 off Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean

IMO 5081499

 

4701

 

 

 

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