MV Miseford
1915 Canadian tugboat
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MV Miseford is a tugboat built in 1915 by M. Beatty & Sons Ltd. in Welland, Ontario.[1]
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| Name | MV Miseford |
| Builder | M. Beatty & Sons Ltd., Welland, Canada |
| Launched | 1915 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8745345 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Former Ministry of Game & Fisheries for the Province of Ontario (1922–1940) tugboat |
| Tonnage | 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 |
Miseford is 80 feet long, 20 feet wide and has a draught of 9.42 feet.[2] It measures 114 gross tons[2] 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 The hull is riveted plate steel from when the tug was originally made.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 680 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]
