Pineglen

Pineglen moored in Toronto
History
Name:
  • Paterson (1985–2002)
  • Pineglen (2002–2017)
Operator:
Builder: Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood
Yard number: 231
Launched: 18 April 1985
Completed: June 1985
In service: 1985
Out of service: 2017
Identification: IMO number: 8409331 8409331
Fate: Sold for scrap, 2017
General characteristics
Type: Bulk carrier
Tonnage:
Length:
  • 224.5 m (736 ft 7 in) oa
  • 218.5 m (716 ft 10 in) pp
Beam: 23.2 m (76 ft 1 in)
Draught: 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 1 diesel engine
Propulsion: 1 shaft
Speed: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)

Pineglen was a bulk carrier owned and operated by Canada Steamship Lines.[1] She was built at the Collingwood Shipyards, in Collingwood, Ontario in 1985, to a single superstructure lake freighter design. Initially named Paterson, the vessel was sold to Canada Stemship Lines in 2002 and renamed. Unlike more modern lake freighters she was built to a "straight-deck" design – i.e. she was not equipped with a self-unloading boom. The vessel was sold for scrap in 2017.

Design and description

Pineglen was a bulk carrier that was 20,370 gross register tons (GRT) and 32,713 long tons deadweight (DWT). The vessel was 224.5 metres (736 ft 7 in) long overall and 218.5 metres (716 ft 10 in) long between perpendiculars and had a beam of 23.2 metres (76 ft 1 in).[2] The ship had a maximum draught of 8.8 metres (28 ft 10 in). The vessel had four holds with a net capacity of 42,169 cubic metres (1,489,200 cu ft).[3] She was powered by a single diesel engine, which drove a single variable pitch propeller, which could propel the ship at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph).[1]

Career

The ship was built for N.M. Paterson & Sons Limited, and was the last vessel to be built at the Collingwood Shipyards.[1] The vessel was launched on 18 April 1985 and completed in June.[2] N.M. Paterson operated her as Paterson from her first voyage on 27 June 1985, until March 2002.[1] In 2002 N.M. Paterson sold Paterson and the other two last active vessels in their fleet, Cartierdoc and Mantadoc to Canada Steamship Lines.[4] Following the ship's transfer, the vessel was renamed Pineglen. The vessel mainly carried grain on eastbound voyages and iron ore on westbound voyages.[1]

Pineglen under the command of Captain Feroze Irani was presented with the ceremonial top hat at Lock 3, for being the first vessel to transit the Welland Canal, the westernmost part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, when it officially opened for its 176th consecutive year of service on 23 May 2005.[5] She was the last vessel to use the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 2007.[6] She was the first vessel to transit Snell Lock in 2012.[7]

In 2017 she was sold for scrap to be broken up in Turkey.[8]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Wharton, George. "Pineglen: (Paterson 1985 – 2002)". boatnerd. Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2015-01-01. The keel for this modern Great Lakes bulk freighter was laid on Nov. 5, 1984 at Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON as their hull # 231 and was launched on April 18, 1985 for N.M. Paterson & Sons Ltd. as the Paterson (2).
  2. 1 2 "Paterson (8409331)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Pineglen". cslships.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Gillham, p. 31
  5. ↑ "St. Lawrence Seaway Opens for Business Today". St Catharines, Ontario: St Lawrence Seaway Corporation. 2005-03-23. Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2015-01-01. Captain Feroze Irani of the MV Pineglen was presented with the ceremonial top hat at Lock 3 this morning, when the Welland Canal, the westernmost part of the St. Lawrence Seaway, officially opened for its 176th consecutive year of service.
  6. ↑ "2007 Navigation Season comes to a close" (PDF). St Lawrence Seaway Corporation. 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2015-01-01. This ship officially closed the Montreal-Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence Seaway ending the binational waterway’s 48th navigation season at 283 days.
  7. ↑ "Seaway 2012 opening and outlook" (PDF). St Lawrence Seaway Corporation. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2015-01-01. The first ship to transit the U.S. locks in Massena was Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) PINEGLEN as it entered Snell Lock at 10:51 p.m. March 22nd.
  8. ↑ "Canada Steamship Lines M.V. Ferbec Officially Joins the Fleet". netnewsledger.com. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

Sources

  • Gillham, Skip (1999). The Postwar Ships of Canada Steamship Lines. Vineland, Ontario: Glenaden Press. ISBN 0-9684341-0-X.
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