MV Miseford
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| Name: | MV Miseford |
| Builder: | M. Beatty & Sons Ltd., Welland, Canada |
| Launched: | 1915 |
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| Class & type: | Former Ministry of Game & Fisheries for the Province of Ontario (1922–1940) tugboat |
| Displacement: | 114 GT |
| Length: | 24.39 m (80 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
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| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: | 4 |
MV Miseford is a tugboat built in 1915 by M. Beatty & Sons Ltd. in Welland, Ontario.[1]
Miseford is 80 feet long, 20 feet wide and has a draught of 9.42 feet. It displaces 114 gross tons and was originally powered by a triple-expansion steam engine with two coal-fired boilers (make, size, and info unknown). The hull is riveted plate steel from when the tug was originally made. This tug was originally built for Alvin J. Misener & Erwin G. Tedford (owned from 1915 to 1922); then it was in possession of the Minister of Game & Fisheries for the Province of Ontario (from 1922 to 1940). Since then it has been sold a few times, until 2005, when it was purchased by Thunder Bay Tug Services.
On November 4, 1965 the Miseford was driven aground by strong winds in the St. Marys River.[2] It was "salvaged" in 1966,.[3] the tug was rebuilt and re-powered with a Detroit Diesel Quad-71 power pack, which has 4 Detroit Diesel 6-71 marine engines producing approximately 900 hp, mounted on a single gearbox in 1953, 2 Caterpillar D311 (4-cylinder) diesel generators producing 30 KW each, and a Perkins 4-cylinder diesel hydraulic pump to power the hydraulic bow thruster.
As of 2005, Miseford is operating in Thunder Bay as a harbor tug owned by Thunder Bay Tug Services along with two other tugs, MV Glenada and MV Point Valour.[3]
