Ship Details

Pit Polder No. 1

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Registry #1 189250 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1956 Pit Polder No. 1 Name 6
Name 2 1958 Sagra 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1956 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer McLaren & Sons Measurement (imp) 71.7' x 22.3' x 4.3'
Builder Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. Measurement (metric) 21.85m x 6.80m x 1.31m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 46.46 Type 1 Dredge, suction
Registered Tonnage 46.46 Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Non-powered
Rebuilds In 1964 she was rebuilt at New Westminster BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1956 she was owned by Pitt Polder Ltd., Pitt Meadows BC. In 1958-1966 she was owned by Pitt Polder Engineering Ltd., Pitt Meadows BC. In 1966-1967 she was owned by Joh. Boele Dredging Contractors Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1970-1975 she was owned by Sagra Dredging and Contracting Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1976-1978 she was owned by Riparian Dredging Inc., North Vancouver BC. In 1979-2019 she was owned by Minette Bay Marina Ltd., Kitimat BC.
 
Fate Afloat in 2019 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Some Dutch suction dredge equipment was installed on a barge. It was owned by Dutch immigrants to Canada who were reclaiming wetlands on the Pitt River to create agricultural lands in what is now known as the Pitt Polder.
 
References
McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11924/1100?r=0&s=4 ;
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