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The light was mounted on the Strathbogie Tug boat. out of Louisiana. Strathbogie
This large steam tug was built in 1914 by Smith’s Dock Company of Middlesborough, South Bank-on-Tees, England, as the Laval for the Quebec Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, QC. In 1915 she was requisitioned by British Admiralty and classified as HS43 for use as a salvage tug, then transferred to the Royal Navy until 1920. In 1921 the tug was returned to Canada for the Minister of Marine & Fisheries as the Laval. Later in 1921 she was sold to the Dominion Towing & Wrecking Company of Fort William, Ontario and renamed Strathbogie in 1922. In 1925 the tug was sold to Midland Transportation Company of Midland, Ontario, and then chartered to Burke Towing & Salvage, also of Midland, who purchased the Strathbogie in 1931. In 1936 she was sold to Provincial Paper Company of Port Arthur, Ontario. She was leased to Consolidated Dredging during World War II. Abitibi Power & Paper Company purchased the tug in 1955, and she saw little service under their ownership. A.B. McLean & Sons of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario purchased the tug in 1962. In 1963 she was taken out of service for rebuilding and conversion to diesel, but the project was still in its early stages when the tug’s stipped-down hull sank at its moorings in 1966. The Strathbogie was raised, and was broken up for scrap in 1971 at Sault Ste. Marie.
Type: Single Screw Tugboat
Year Built: 1914
Builder: Smith’s Dock Co., Middlesborough, South Bank-on-Tees, England
Engines: 1 triple-expansion steam engine
Length: 120' 00?
Breadth: 26' 00?
Depth: 13' 02?
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