Other name(s): Basingcreek; Coastal Creek; Creek Transport; Empire Tadpole; Ile de Montreal; Rosemount; Willowbranch
Ship owner: Basingwells Steamship Co.; British Ministry of Transport; Canada Steamship Lines; Coastalake Tankers; Hall Corp. of Canada; Marine Industries, Ltd.; McNamara & Porter; Merchants-Mutual Line
Ship builder: Sunderland Ship Building Co., Sunderland, England
Engine builder: Northeastern Marine Engine Co.
Engine re-builder: Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Year ship built: 1910
Year engine built: 1910
Location engine built: Great Britain, Durham, Sunderland
Notes:
Converted to diesel tanker in 1940 and its new engines were Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston diesel, 6 cylinder, 16 in. diameter with 20 in. stroke.
Remarks:
Names:
b) Rosemount
c) Willowbranch
d) Empire Tadpole
e) Basingcreek
f) Coastal Creek
g) Creek Transport (1968)
h) Ile de Montreal (1972)
Owners: 1) Merchants-Mutual Line
2) Canada Steamship Lines
3) Marine Industries
4) British Ministry of Transport
5) Basingwells Steamship Co.
6) Coastalake Tankers
7) Hall Corp. (1968)
8) McNamara Corp Ltd.
Registry number: C. 123965
Hull number: 256
Vessel type: Freighter; Tanker
Height: 17.4
Width: 42.7
Length: 250.2
Stroke length: 33
Gross tonnage: 1752
Net tonnage: 1029
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Diesel; Triple expansion
Piston 1: 17
Piston 2: 28
Piston 3: 46