by import2 | January 28, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
SELKIRK SETTLER (Hull #256) was launched January 28, 1983, at Govan, Scotland, by Govan Shipbuilding Ltd. She sails today as SPRUCEGLEN for Canada Steamship Lines. At 4 a.m. on 28 January 1879, the ferry SARNIA was discovered on fire while lying at Fitzgerald’s...
by import2 | January 27, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1912, the Great Lakes Engineering Works’ Ecorse yard launched the steel bulk freighter WILLIAM P. SNYDER JR (Hull #83), for the Shenango Furnace Co. LEON FALK JR. closed the 1974 season at Superior by loading 17,542 tons of ore bound for Detroit. January 27,...
by import2 | January 26, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1994 THALASSA DESGAGNES (steel propeller tanker, 131.43 meters, 5,746 gross tons, built in 1976, in Norway, as the a.) JOASLA, renamed b.) ORINOCO in 1979, c.) RIO ORINOCO in 1982) entered service for Groupe Desgagnes. The keel for CLIFFS VICTORY, a). NOTRE DAME...
by import2 | January 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On January 25, 1988, the tanker L’ORME NO 1 was involved in an accident at Ultramar Refinery near Quebec City when attempting to tie up during foggy weather. She struck the dock and the impact started a fire that extensively damaged the wharf and the forward section...
by import2 | January 24, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
JOHNSTOWN (Hull#4504) was launched January 24, 1952, at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard. SPRUCEGLEN was launched January 24, 1924, as a.) WILLIAM K. FIELD (Hull#176) at Toledo, Ohio, by the Toledo Ship Building Co. The steel barge...
by import2 | January 23, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
January 23 – The CELTIC (wooden schooner-barge, 190 foot, 716 gross tons, built 1890, at W. Bay City, Michigan) broke away from the steamer H.E. RUNNELS during a fierce gale on Lake Huron on 29 November 1902, and was lost with all hands. No wreckage was found...
