Ship Details

Porphyry

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Photo Credit: NWT Archives (McCallum Family) N-1992-0014

 
 
Registry #1 157180 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1938 Porphyry Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1938 Place Fort McMurray Area AB Country Canada
 
Designer George F. Askew Measurement (imp) 61.5' x 17.0' x 8.5'
Builder Askew, George F. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 71.54 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 20.92 Type 2
Engine 120bhp diesel engine (1938) Engine Manufacture Fairbanks Morse Co., Chicago IL USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VCNS
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1938-1940 she was owned by the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. of Canada Ltd., Montreal QC Canada. In 1940-1958 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK. In 1958-1980 she was owned by the R. M. Wynn Co. Ltd., Edmonton AB Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1980-11-26
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Porphyry is any of various granites or igneous rocks with coarse-grained crystals such as feldspar or quartz dispersed in a fine-grained silicate-rich, generally aphanitic matrix or groundmass.
 
Anecdotes
In 1980 the Registrar of Shipping noted that this vessel was "out of existence".
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11868/1025?r=0&s=5; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6412825&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20157180&ecopy=e011489739 (website viewed 19/06/2025); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(geology) (website viewed 19/06/2025);
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