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. |
as NIAGARA II
... and as W.M.EDINGTON, collection of M. Green
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