Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 21, n. 3 (May - June 1972), p. 73

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TELESCOPE Page 73 lengthening in recent years. In service. IMPEROYAL (Can 135209); 1913 Grangemouth, Scotland by Grangemouth & Greenock Dockyard Comapny for Imperial Oil Ltd. Later Imperial Cobourg and dry cargo carrier Starbelle. Engines removed in 1964 and hull converted into a scow. IMPOCO (Br 129096); 1910 Greenock, Scotland by Grangemouth & Greenock Dockyard Company for Imperial Oil Ltd. Owned in Canada but registered in England. Sold back to English owners in 1913 and renamed Waneta. Lost by enemy action (submarine torpedo), 42 mi. SSE of Kinsale Head, Ireland, 5/30/18 IMPOCO (Can 135238) Greenock, Scotland by Grangemouth & Greenock Dockyard Company, 1913 for Imperial Oil Ltd. Was a sister vessel to Imperoyal, above. This tanker worked mostly in the Maritime Provinces but made a few trips to the Great Lakes. Served in H.M. Royal Navy during World War I. Returned to Imperial Oil Ltd. after the war and stranded on Blond Rock, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia in 1920 and abandoned as a total loss after severe al salvage undertakings failed. ICCOLITE (Can 134514); 1916 Collingwood by Collingwood Shipyards for Imperial Oil Ltd. Later Imperial Kingston and Charles W. Johnson. In service, based at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. IOCOMA (Can 132745); 1912 Dundee, Scotland by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company for Imperial Oil Ltd. Later Imperial Whitby. Converted to dry cargo selfeunloader in 1951 and renamed George S. Cleet. Later rebuilt further and renamed Baygeorge. Recently scrapped. JOHN IRWIN (Can 160718); 1929 Haverton Hill, England by Furness Ship Building Company for McColl Frontenac Oil Company. Later Cyclo Brave and Texaco Brave. JOHN IRWIN (exeEglington Park, Can 175579); 1944 Sorel by Marine Industries Ltd. for Canadian Government. Sold to Canadian Oils Ltd. after war and renamed John Irwin. Was later White Rose II, White Rose, and Fuel Marketer. In service. LAKESHELL (Can 161565); 1932 Newcastle, England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson for Shell Canadian Tankers Ltd. Later John A. McDougald, Eastern Shell, Fuel Marketer, West- ern Shell, and presently Alfred Cytacki, operating as a barge. LAKESHELL (Can 173192); 1940 Sorel, P.Q. by Marine Industries Ltd. for Shell Canadian Tankers Ltd. Later Rivershell. Presently inactive. JOHN IRWIN (i) TAYLOR PHOTO Author's Collection

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