Petite Forte (ship, 1969)
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The Petite Forte pushes an empty cement barge from the Polson slip.
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The Petite Forte pushes notch barge out Toronto's Eastern Gap.
The Petite Forte is a Canadian pusher tug built in 1969.[1]
The vessel is named after a small community on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, in what was originally the portion of the Island settled by France.[2] Its name means, "small but strong".
When Canadian National Railways operated a fleet of coastal vessels to serve Newfoundland's outports, it launched a vessel called the Petite Forte in 1972.[3]
Specifications
| IMO number: | 6826119 |
| Built | 1969 |
| Gross Tonnage | 369 tonnes |
| Deadweight tonnage | 287 tonnes |
| Length | 39m |
| Breadth | 9m |
| Year Built | 1969 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Petite Forte: Pusher tug". Marine Traffic. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/shipid:380084/mmsi:316002065/imo:6826119/vessel:PETITE_FORTE. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ↑ Jim Wyse, Patricia Morrissey (2010). "Petite Forte". i-Prox. Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20150911235931/http://iprox.mi.mun.ca/ProtoWeb/PlacentiaBayHarbours/HarbourReports/PetiteForte.pdf. "True to its reputed spirit of independence, Petite Forte was one the few communities to resist government-sponsored resettlement in the 1960s despite having no road connection to the Province’s highway system, a circumstance that only ended with road construction in 1992."
- ↑ "Bridging the Gulf: Coastal and Ferry Boats after Confederation". Heritage Newfoundland. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912002020/http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/economy/boats-after-confederation.php. "CN continued to improve the fleet, replacing the Glencoe and the Codroy with the motor vessels Bonavista and Nonia in 1956. The Hopedale was added in 1960, and the Taverner and Petite Forte in 1962. These vessels were largely responsible for coastal and Labrador work. The Trans-Canada Highway was completed across the island in 1965, and the Leif Eiriksson joined the fleet to handle extra ferry traffic on the Gulf for the 1966 Come Home Year celebrations."
