by William Lafferty » October 17, 2014, 12:12 pm
Polana 126930. Steel quarantine cutter launched 4 April 1911 at Kingston, Ontario, by the Kingston SBCoLtd as hull no. 1 for the Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario. 107.3 x 23 x 12.6; 296 gt, 86 nt; compound steam engine, 18-36 x 24," 400-hp, by builder; one oil-fired Scotch boiler, 13 x 12.5,' 130 psi wp. Intended to meet vessels at Québec carrying persons with infectious diseases, stationed at Grosse-Isle. Transferred 1923 to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries (later Minister of Transport), Ottawa, Ontario, and renamed Jalobert, used as a pilot boat at Pointe-au-Père, Québec; tonnage change: 278 gt, 95 nt. Transferred 1941 to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned as HMCS Jalobert. Returned to the Minister of Transport, 1942. Sold 1954 to the Hamilton Harbour Commission for use as a ferry and renamed Macassa [ii]; tonnage change: 248 gt, 169 nt. Repowered 1957 with a 4-cylinder ALCO Diesel, 14 x 23.5," built 1942, 720-bhp. Sold 1965 to Waterman's Services Ltd., Toronto, and renamed Queen City. Sold 1972 to Tugs Ltd., Toronto. Registration closed 8 January 1981. Used as the Tugboat Restaurant, Winsdor, Ontario. Sank at dock 19 March 1992 and raised. Since abandoned at 95 St. Jean Street, Detroit.
Attached are photographs of her launching from the Kingston City Archives, as the pilotboat Jalobert from my collection, and at Hamilton as Macassa from the Hamilton City Archives.
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[i]Polana[/i] 126930. Steel quarantine cutter launched 4 April 1911 at Kingston, Ontario, by the Kingston SBCoLtd as hull no. 1 for the Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario. 107.3 x 23 x 12.6; 296 gt, 86 nt; compound steam engine, 18-36 x 24," 400-hp, by builder; one oil-fired Scotch boiler, 13 x 12.5,' 130 psi wp. Intended to meet vessels at Québec carrying persons with infectious diseases, stationed at Grosse-Isle. Transferred 1923 to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries (later Minister of Transport), Ottawa, Ontario, and renamed [i]Jalobert[/i], used as a pilot boat at Pointe-au-Père, Québec; tonnage change: 278 gt, 95 nt. Transferred 1941 to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned as [i]HMCS Jalobert[/i]. Returned to the Minister of Transport, 1942. Sold 1954 to the Hamilton Harbour Commission for use as a ferry and renamed [i]Macassa[/i] [ii]; tonnage change: 248 gt, 169 nt. Repowered 1957 with a 4-cylinder ALCO Diesel, 14 x 23.5," built 1942, 720-bhp. Sold 1965 to Waterman's Services Ltd., Toronto, and renamed [i]Queen City[/i]. Sold 1972 to Tugs Ltd., Toronto. Registration closed 8 January 1981. Used as the Tugboat Restaurant, Winsdor, Ontario. Sank at dock 19 March 1992 and raised. Since abandoned at 95 St. Jean Street, Detroit.
Attached are photographs of her launching from the Kingston City Archives, as the pilotboat [i]Jalobert[/i] from my collection, and at Hamilton as [i]Macassa[/i] from the Hamilton City Archives.