 Efforts to salvage the Outarde in 1946
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Hebburn-on-Tyne |
| Yard number | 949 |
| Launched | 31 July 1924 |
| Completed | August 1924 |
| Fate | Sank during salvage operations on 16 June 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 248 feet (76 m) |
| Beam | 43 feet (13 m) |
| Depth | 22 feet 8 inches (6.91 m) |
| Installed power | 180 nhp |
SS Brulin was a lake freighter that worked the North American Great Lakes routes from 1924 to 1960. She was renamed Outarde in 1939, and James J. Buckler in 1960, shortly before she ran aground and sank during salvage operations.[1] Brulin was built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Hebburn-on-Tyne and launched on 31 July 1924, for the Montreal Forwarding Company. She was built to the maximum dimensions of the canal locks that preceded the St Lawrence Seaway.
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Skip Gillham (April 2004). "Shipwreck: Outarde". Mariners Weather Log. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
In January 1943, while carrying news-print to St. John's, Newfoundland, the Outarde became stranded in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. When released the vessel then spent time carrying coal from Hampton Roads to Boston for the U.S. Maritime Commission and had a 12 lb cannon mounted on the afterhouse for protection.