Nipiwan Park

1944                                 Nipiwan Park                                    1952? (1963)

Steel twin-screw St. Lawrence River canal size tanker

Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Hull 123
Launched Oct 25, 1943

259’ LOA, 251’4” LBP, 43’4” beam, 24’6” depth
1 deck, 2 oil-fired diesel engines,

Enrolled at Montreal QC        
251.5 x 43.9 x 20.5, 2373 GT, 1665 NT     Can 175359     to:
Minister of Munitions & Supply, Ottawa ON, Park Steamship Co., Mgr. (home port Montreal QC)

Spent most of her career in off-Lakes service.  Temporarily in Great Lakes service chartered by British-American Oil Co.

Renamed Irvinglake 1952

Blown ashore 1963 in Bay of Chaleur near Bathurst NB

 

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