Point Carroll - 1973

Point Carroll - 1973

Postby Whickham » Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:12 am

POINT CARROLL was built by Richard Dunston at Hessle in 1973, YN 889
1973: Cory Ship Towage
1976: Smit & Cory International Port Towage
1992: Eastern Canada Towing
2001: McKeil Marine, Toronto; renamed TONY MACKAY

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As POINT CARROLL. Photographer unknown

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As TONY MACKAY. Photographer unknown
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Re: Point Carroll - 1973

Postby tidesman » Sun Jun 18, 2017 12:50 pm

I have a similar almost identical shot as the top one provided by M B Mackay, Halifax. Maybe a frame or two different.

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POINT CARROLL
O.N. 358840. 366g. 39.40 x 9.61 x 3.877 metres oa.
12-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (254 x 305mm) 12RK3CM vee type by Ruston Paxman Diesels Ltd., Colchester, single reduction geared to a controllable pitch propeller operating within a Kort steerable nozzle. 3,300 bhp. 43 tons bollard pull. 14 kts.
14.6.1972: Keel laid by Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd., Hessle upon Humber (Yard No. S. 889) for Smit & Cory International Port Towage Ltd., (Cory Ship Towage Ltd., managers), London.
8.9.1972: Launched.
23.2.1973: Completed. Registered at London.
1976: Transferred to Halifax, Canada registry and removed from management.
1992: Sold to Eastern Canada Towing Ltd.
17.1.2001: Sold to McKeil Workboats Ltd, (McKeil Marine Ltd, managers), Hamilton Ontario.
4.2001: Renamed TONY MACKAY. Now with new high bridge above existing, to enable barge pushing.
10.2016: To McKeil Workboats GP Inc (same managers)
4.2017: Still in SeaWeb, as in service.
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