FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name RIDEAULITE
Type Tanker
Yard Number 174
Launched 09/04/1930
Completed 04/1930
Off. Number 155286
Engine builder North East Marine Engineering, Newcastle
Engine type T. 3 cyl., aft
GRT 715
Length (feet) 175
Beam (feet) 35.2
First owner Imperial Oil Ltd., Montreal
History 1947 IMPERIAL LACHINE, same owners
1954 NIAGARA, Holden Sand & Gravel, Montreal, converted to a sand suction dredger
1967 McNamara Marine Ltd., Toronto
1968 Federal Equipment Quebec Ltd., Toronto
1969 W. M. EDINGTON, Ontario-Lake Erie Sand Ltd., Toronto
1973 converted to motor vessel
1984 NIAGARA II, McKeil Work Boats Ltd., Toronto
Operated as a barge after stranding damage
1997 sold for breaking but resold
Fate 15/05/1999 scuttled as a dive site in Georgian Bay, near Tobermory, Ontario.

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