Ship Details

Radium Queen

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Photo Credit: Ivy Murray

 
 
Registry #1 159001 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1937 Radium Queen Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1937 Place Sorel Area QC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 86.0' x 20.0' x 4.9'
Builder Les Chantiers Manseau Ltee. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 108.37 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 35.76 Type 2
Engine 96bhp 16-cylinder engine (1937) Engine Manufacture Gleniffer Engines Ltd., Glasgow Scotland
Repower Repowered with a 500hp engine (1957c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Repowered in 1948 with 2 diesel 4-cylinder engines by General Motors Corp., Cleveland OH. Call Sign VDQZ
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1937-1939 she was owned by Les Chantiers Manseau Ltee, Sorel QC. In 1939-1940 she was owned by Marine Industries Ltd., Montreal QC. In 1946-1947 she was owned by Northern Transportation Co. Ltd., Edmonton AB. In 1948-1953 she was owned by Northern Transportation Co. (1947) Ltd., Edmonton AB. In 1953-1976 she was owned by Northern Transportation Co. Ltd., Edmonton AB.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1976-12-02
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was freighted to Fort McMurray and launched. This vessel was portaged around the rapids at Fitzgerald and launched again at Fort Smith. This vessel was the first steel hulled vessel servicing the upper end of the Athabasca system. In 1976 this vessel was reported to have been broken up in the NT.
 
References
Roberts, Leslie (1949); Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11863/1569?r=0&s=5 ;
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