Royalite

1916                                  Royalite                                  1965

 

Steel tanker

 

Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Hull 45
Launched Dec 15, 1915

258’ LOA, 250’ LBP, 43’ beam, 25’6” depth

2 decks, oil-fired boiler, triple expansion engine, 925 IHP

Enrolled at Sarnia ON
250.0 x 43.1 x 16.6, 2060 GT, 1549 NT     Can 134513     to:
Imperial Oil Ltd., Toronto ON (home port Sarnia ON)

Entered service 1916

Served both on and off the Great Lakes during her career

Renamed Imperial Welland 1947

Remeasured 1954 to 2104 GT, 1421 NT

Sold for scrap 1965 to Steel Factors Ltd.  Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.  Arrived under tow at Santander Spain Oct 15, 1965

 

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 298

 

 

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