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GULF CANADA - IMO 5032618

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Photographer:
Chris Howell [ View profile ]
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Oct 14, 2012
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3,527 x 2,351

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Completed 1952 as B.A.PEERLESS
Tons: 12638 DWT: 18360 Length overall: 189.0

[1959 shortened, 167.0/158.8m, 10900gt/15425dw] - 69 GULF CANADA - 84 COASTAL CANADA - 90 COASTAL I

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BU Alang 22.3.90 [Arya Steel]

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Current name:
COASTAL I

Former name(s):

 -  Coastal Canada (Until 1989)

 -  B A Peerless (Until 1969)

Vessel Type:
Tanker
Gross tonnage:
10,900 tons
Summer DWT:
15,672 tons

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Tankers built before 1970 - 12 photos

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Marc Piché

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Rudi Rabe

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tonylast

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Chris Howell

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frtrfred

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Riverman19

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The vessel was shortened as B A PEERLESS because when she was built in 1952 she was essentially land-locked on the Great Lakes and had a fuller bow and was used to carry Crude Oil from Superior, Wisconsin to B/A (British American Oil) refineries in Clarkson, Ontario Canada. After the St-Lawrence Seaway was opened in 1959, different markets opened up for the tanker. Her Lenght to Beam ratio would have made the vessel unsafe for deep sea operation so she was shortened and given a flared bow, better for the open seas than her old "laker" profile. By then she was used as a product tanker and as B/A was taken over by Gulf Canada, she became their flagship and was based distributing Gulf products around Eastern Canada from Gulf's new refinery in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. She later returned to the Great Lakes as COASTAL CANADA on a more regular basis. The ship had beautiful interior mahogany panelling and was a real classic. Fourth ship of this design, the other three being IMPERIAL LEDUC, IMPERIAL REDWATER and IMPERIAL WOODBEND built for the same crude run from Superior to Sarnia, Ontario for Imperial Oil. The pipeline was completed from Superior to Sarnia and the brand new ships were sold and converted to lakers except this one.

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That will ve good Fred

No often you hear of a tanker being shortened, the only other major ships I can think of were some Brocklebank cargo liners before WW2.

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Great shots of this old gal,Chris,I have soe in color i'll try to put on soon-thanks for the memories-Fred

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