MV Paul R. Tregurtha
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Mighty Ships
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Adult
- Subjects: Technology, Design
- Produced By: Exploration Production Inc.
- Year: 2008
- Country: Canada
- Language: English
- Running Time: 46m
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The MV Paul R. Tregurtha is the longest freighter working on the Great Lakes, a thousand-foot vessel capable of carrying 68,000 tons of taconite ore pellets or 71,000 tons of coal. The reigning "Queen of the Lakes," this immense ship was built to contend with the harsh weather conditions of North America's inland seas (which famously caused the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, killing her entire crew). The flagship of Interlake Steamship Company, the Tregurtha is a self-unloading bold carrier able to empty her cargo holds using a specially-built onboard discharge boom.