Sprucebranch

1944                                  Sprucebranch                                         1974

Steel twin-screw St. Lawrence River canal size tanker

Built at Sorel QC by Marine Industries Ltd., Hull 141 as Otterburn Park
Launched

259’ LOA, 251’6” LBP, 43’10” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, 2 oil-fired diesel engines,

Enrolled at Montreal QC        
251.5 x 43.9 x 20.4, 2404 GT, 1698 NT     Can 175399     to:
Minister of Munitions & Supply, Ottawa ON, Park Steamship Co., Mgr. (home port

Montreal QC)

Entered service 1944

Sold 1945 to Branch Lines Ltd., Sorel QC (home port to Sorel QC) and renamed Sprucebranch.

Lengthened and deepened 1960 at Sorel QC by Marine Industries Ltd.
Remeasured to 321.5 x 43.9 x 27.1, 3345 GT, 2478 NT

Sold 1974 to Spanish shipbreakers and scrapped at Vigo Spain

IMO 5337238

 

4705

 

 

 

 

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