MS Windoc (1959)

History
Name
  • Rhine Ore (1959-1977)
  • Steelcliffe Hall (1977-1988)
  • Windoc (1988-2002)
NamesakeWindoc
Owner
  • Transatlantic Bulk Carriers Inc
  • Halco
  • N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd (1988-2002)
BuilderSchlieker shipyard, Hamburg
Yard number533
Launched11 April 1959
CompletedJuly 1959
IdentificationIMO number5293872
FateBroken up in 2011
General characteristics (as laker)
TypeLaker
Tonnage
Length
  • 222.5 m (730 ft 0 in) oa
  • 218 m (715 ft 3 in) pp
Beam23.1 m (75 ft 9 in)
Propulsion1 diesel engine, 1 shaft
Speed14.5 kn (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)

MS Windoc was a lake freighter or laker, initially constructed as an ocean-going bulk carrier in West Germany in 1959. Entering service that year as Rhine Ore, the ship was renamed Steelcliffe Hall in 1977 and reconstructed as a laker. In 1988 the laker was renamed Windoc and in 2001, was involved in a collision with a bridge on the Welland Canal which caused the ship to catch fire. The ship was declared a constructive total loss. While undergoing repairs in Ontario, the ship broke free of its moorings and grounded. Later pulled free, the vessel was eventually converted into a barge.