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GOSFORTH

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date27 September 1961

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 383' 11" x breadth 56' 4" x depth 31'
Gross Tonnage: 5675 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002581

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 894.
Official Number: 196922 / 5133979.
Subsequent Names: THOROLD (1972); CATHERINE DESGAGNES (1984); CATHERINE III (2015).

Fate: Demolished in 2016 at Ersay Gemi G.D., Aliaga, Turkey.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: General cargo ship, screw, steel, 1 deck, poop deck 92', forecastle 40', machinery aft.

01/1962: Registered at Newcastle for Burnett Steamship Co. Ltd.
1972: Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co. Ltd, St. Catherines, Canada.
1981: Trico Enterprises Ltd, St. Catherines, Canada.
1984: Les Armateurs du St Laurent Inc., St Catherines, Canada.
1987: Transport Desgagnes Inc, Quebec, Canada.
2015: Owners R. J. MacIsaac Construction Co., Antigonish N.S. Registered at Freetown, Sierra Leone.

General History:
1968: Rebuilt, deadweight increased from 7,580 tons to 8,350 tons.
1976-79: Masts and cargo gear removed and signal mast added at forecastle.
2000: Strengthened for heavy goods and winters in Great Lakes.
Photographed on St Lawrence seaway in April 2010.
Sea Breeze magazine said GOSFORTH was laid up in Quebec (Canada) in 2015 with technical problems and it was intended to berth in Montreal to lay up. Later in 2015 it was loaded with scrap from the former laker CANADIAN MINER, wrecked on Scatarie Island for delivery to Malaga, Spain. It arrived at Aliaga for demolition, 25 May 2016.

Notes:
Engine by Sulzer Brothers. Ltd., Winterthur. Type 6SAD
2 stroke, single acting, 6-cylinder, 600mm bore x 1040mm stroke, 4100 b.h.p.
13.5 knots
Fixed pitch propellor.
[Additional information with thanks to Stewart Ross]

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52239&vessel=GOSFORTH
History- https://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/CatherineDesgagnes.htm