Midland Boat Works, Midland, Ontario, Summer 1942. Origin unknown

Builder: Midland Boat Works Midland, Ont.	Commissionned: May 27, 1942
Launched: May 1, 1942	Disposal: June 15, 1945

Career:

Sold 1946 to Louis Levin, Montreal, Quebec.

Purchased early 1946 by C.C.Pratt Co., Montreal, for conversion by Montreal Dry Docks Limited and sold (7900$)  to Creole Petroleum Corp., Caracas, Venezuela (subsidiary of Standard Oil of N.J. ) (Esso).

After conversion, renamed Esso Taparita and delivered in July 1946 to Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Creole Corp. purchased four in all, the others being Esso Ayacucho (Q056), Esso Concordia (Q061), and Esso cardonal (Q078) and intends to use them for carrying work crews to the oil derricks (about 27 miles from shore).

1948-on fire, beached, constructive total loss.

Other pictures of Q081

Esso Taparita