M.L. 105 (H.M.C. M.L.)

Fraser McKee stated "Commissioned into RCN: 5 September 1943. Sold 1946. 15 September 1945: On loan, to the School of Arts & Crafts, Rimouski, QC (Arguments in letters re non–payment in 1947–1948). Registered December 1948. Sold to J.S. Langlois, Savoy Shipping Co., QC for $2,500. 12 January 1948: Resold as: Duc d’Orleans (In Lloyd’s 1949–1950, & to 1972+) #179271 Owner: Quebec Waterways Sightseeing Tours Ltd, Quebec. Engine: 2 x GM 8 cylinder oil Engine, 1947. Then 671 Detroit Diesels Owner (1978): Ken Bracewell, Sarnia, ON for local tours and receptions. New Detroit diesels as of 2003. Fibreglassed down to ice skirt. Bar aft, cabins forward opened up for space. Web: ducdorleans.com ↗ New reg’d.: 4 December 1978 Owner shown by 1980 as 453939 Ontario, Ltd., of Corunna, ON (same as above) In service 2004. Replaced in 2007 by smaller newer vessel. Taken over from owner by a group restoring her to wartime condition. Hull stripped of fibreglass, extra cabins removed. On the shoreline at Sarnia."