Vessels Built by Western Bridge & Steel Fabricators Ltd.

compiled by John M. MacFarlane 2017

Western Bridge & Steel Fabricators Ltd. was located in Vancouver BC. They provided the steel used by West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd. on False Creek. The company was owned by an investment group headed by Colonel Victor Spencer (who also owned Spencer’s Department Stores.

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Name Registration Vessel Type Year Built
Radium 625 188615 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 626 188621 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 627 188622 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 628 188626 (Canada) Barge, tank 1956
Radium 629 188629 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 630 188639 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 631 188643 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 632 188646 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 633 188651 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 634 188657 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 635 188658 (Canada) Barge 1956
Radium 76 194888 (Canada) Scow, cargo 1951
Radium 77 194889 (Canada) Scow, cargo 1951
Radium 78 194890 (Canada) Barge, fuel 1951
Radium No. 102 190806 (Canada) Scow, cargo 1948
Radium No. 103 194891 (Canada) Scow, cargo 1951
Radium No. 350 195242 (Canada) Barge 1952
Radium No. 351 195243 (Canada) Barge 1952
Radium No. 352 195244 (Canada) Barge 1952
Radium No. 424 190807 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 425 190808 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 426 190809 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 427 190810 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 428 190811 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 429 190812 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 430 190813 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 432 190815 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 433 190816 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 434 190817 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Radium No. 435 190818 (Canada) Barge, covered 1948
Tahtsa II 194656 (Canada) Freighter 1951
Tahtsa III 194657 (Canada) Piledriver 1951
V.P.D. No. 29 194657 (Canada) Piledriver 1951

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