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Irving Arctic If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Registry #1	345430 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#	7343592	MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1974	Irving Arctic	Name 6
Name 2	2002	Arctica	Name 7
Name 3	2002	Tica	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1974	Place	Saint John	Area	NB	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	614' x ? x ?
Builder	(nk)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	23207	Type 1	Tanker
Registered Tonnage	15218	Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VGLN
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Kenneth Milburn (1980)

 

Owner(s)
In 1974-2002 she was owned by J.D. Irving Ltd., Saint John NB.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2002-02-12

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1980 while under command of Captain Kenneth Milburne this vesselmade a partial transit of the Northwest Passage. This vessel traveled in the company of the CCGS Pierre Radisson and the Irving Birch.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; MacFarlane, J.M. (1992) Northwest Passage Challengers. In Resolution. Spring Issue. Maritime Museum of British Columbia; https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AG8T%2D6NZG7axtk8&cid=A802C4CC3AC42061&id=A802C4CC3AC42061%212154&parId=A802C4CC3AC42061%212153&o=OneUp
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