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Name: TOILER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/07/1910
Completed: 01/04/1911
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 840
Dimensions: 1659grt, 1334nrt, 248.2 x 42.5 x 17.3ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4cyl, Atlas Pole, Direct Geared, 70nhp;
(1914: C2cyl (27 & 44 x 42ins), 89nhp) engine built in 1882;
(1929: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 36ins), 127nhp
Engines by: Aktiebolaget Diesels Motorer, Stockholm
(1914: Detroit Engine Works, Detroit, Michigan);
(1929: Polson Iron Works, Toronto)
Propulsion: 2 x Screws; (1914: 1 x Screw)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129767
History:
01/04/1911 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
1912 James Playfair Ltd, Kingston, Ontario
1915 Great Lakes Transportation Co, Kingston
1916 Ontario Transportation & Pulp Co Ltd (Warren Curtis), Kingston
1917 Ontario Paper Co Ltd, Kingston
1918 Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Kingston
1920 Renamed MAPLEHEATH
1960 McAllister Towing Ltd, Kingston
1993 Broken up
Comments: Built as an experimental motor ship for SHWR account
1914: Re-engined by Kingston Dry Dock Co & converted to 1 x Screw
1929: Re-engined by Polson Iron Works, Toronto
1960: Converted to non-propelled salvage lighter
1993: Broken up at Valleyfield, Quebec by Valleyfield Metal

For details of her conversion to steam click HERE


Above photo as TOILER, after conversion to steam, copyright of Pesha

Above photo as MAPLEHEATH, copyright of JH Bascom