Menihek Lake

1959                                  Menihek Lake                                 1985

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Hull 163
Launched Jan 12, 1959

715’3” LOA, 693’9” LBP, 75’ beam, 37’9” depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired boilers, steam turbine engine, 8500 SHP

Enrolled at
697.4 x 75.2 x 34.3, 17023 GT, 12993 NT     Can 188393     to:
Carryore Ltd., Montreal QC, a subsidiary of M. A. Hanna Co. (home port Montreal QC)

Entered service May 30, 1959

Sold for scrap 1985 to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC with str. Leon Falk Jr. towed by tug Capt. Ioannis S.  Tow arrived Vigo Spain Sept 26, 1985, where vessel was dropped off.  (Tow continued and Falk arrived Gijon Spain Sept 28.)

IMO 5232139

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember III p. 253

 

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