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Streetsville
Hull 478. Particulars Of Canadian War Vessels Buiding & Projected by Naval Service Headquarters (D. N. C. Dept.) 1943 � 1945. Streetsville [CN837] Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Streetsville [C.178702] registered at Sorel, Qu�bec. Built at Owen Sound in 1944. 36'9 x 10�5 x 4'; 11 g.t.; 8 n.t.; 93 hp. Owned by Marine Industries Ltd., Montreal. Canadian List of 1970: Steel tug Streetsville [C.178702] registered at Sorel, Qu�bec. Built at Owen Sound in 1944. 37'; 11 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by Urgence Marine Inc., Montreal. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Urgence Marine Inc., Montreal.
Registry #178702. W55. 1-150bhp 2nhp diesel engine (1944).
In 1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy. She was employed by the RCN as a tug at Shelburne NS. In 1946 she was sold to Marine Industries Ltd., Montreal, QC. In 1957 she was sold to Branck Lines Ltd., Montreal QC. In 1969 she was sold to Bernard Champoux, Pte-aux-Tremble, QC. In 1969 she was sold to Therese Champoux, Montreal, QC. In 1994 she was sold to Urgence Marine Inc., Pointe-aux-Trembles, QC.
Name 1 1944 Streetsville (H.M.C.S.)
Name 2 1946 Streetsville.
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Streetsville RCN Official Photo HS-0050-104_DHH courtesy nauticapedia.ca.
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http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Streetsville%20(H.M.C.S.)&id=13688&Page=1&input=streetsville
Remorqueur Streetsville c. 1957
source:
http://www.appeldularge.com/production/types-de-bateaux/apres-guerre.php
Streetsville has an unglamourous job of pumping out septic tanks aboard ships.
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Streetsville, Montreal Harbor, Sept. 21, 2006. Picking up the spill boom after HMCS Fredericton was fueled. Click photos to enlarge.
This small tug was built in 1944 for the Royal Canadian Navy as the Streetsville. She was sold civilian in 1946 to Marine Industries Limited. Urgence Marine Inc. of Pointe-aux-Trembles, QC later purchased the tug. She was eventually rebuilt with a new wheelhouse.
Streetsville is busy servicing ships and performing various small jobs in the port of Montreal.
Type: Single Screw Tugboat
Year Built: 1944
Builder: Russel Bros. Ltd., Owen Sound, ON
Horsepower: 93 bhp
Length: 36' 11?
Breadth: 10' 06?
Depth: 4' 00?
Port of Registry: Montreal, QC
Streetsville in Montreal, Mar. 29, 2018. Photo by Francis Deschenes. Francis Deschenes comments: "I have been driving this tug for three years now. It is owned by Compagnie Urgence Marine Montr�al, Qu�bec. In Winter it breaks ice, and in summer we pull barges. We also have a water discharge service with a special barge too." Streetsville and Simon Cote can often be seen from Parc de la Promenade-Bellerive.
Click photos to enlarge.
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July 13th 2009. TUGBOAT STREETSVILLE and WORKBOAT VEZINA in port of Montreal. Photo by Pierre Vigneau, shipspotting.com.
source: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1183436 |
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August 20, 2011. STREETSVILLE - in Montreal. Dominic Labbe photo.
source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6063469116 |
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Dominic Labbe photo, taken on August 20, 2011.
STREETSVILLE - Tug boats in Montreal with Habitat 67 in the background.
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October 23, 2012. The tug Streetsville pushes a garbage scow under the bow of the cruise ship Crystal Symphony at Montreal. Photo by Dennis J. Dubinsky, shipspotting.com.
source: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1671519 |
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July 13, 2013. STREETSVILLE rebuilt in 2004 by owners Urgence Marine Inc. Photo by Ren� Beauchamp, shipspotting.com.
source: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1837115 |
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October 03, 2013. The tug Streetsville holds a garbage scow alongside the Crystal Symphony at Montreal's Old Port. Photo by Dennis J. Dubinsky, shipspotting.com.
source: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1889243 |
Streetsville 2018-09-14 from https://www.marinetraffic.com. Click photos to enlarge.
Simon Cote in foreground, Streetsville in background. Montreal, April 4, 2019. Photo by Francis Deschenes.
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