Ship Details

Conveyor (II)

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Registry #1 130885 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1912 Conveyor (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1912 Place Tete Jaune Cache Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer George Askew Measurement (imp) 141.7' x 34.8' x 5.2'
Builder Askew, George F. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 724.63 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage 456.52 Type 2
Engine 15hp horizontal high-pressure steam engine Engine Manufacture Polson Iron Works Ltd., Toronto ON
Repower Propulsion Sternwheeler
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Douglas;
 
Owner(s)
In 1912-1919 she was owned by John W. Stewart, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1919-1937 she was owned by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co., Victoria BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1919-00-00
 
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Anecdotes
This vessel was powered by a steam engine from the first Conveyor. This vessel was launched on May 12, 1912. In 1912 this vessel was in service between Tete Jaune Cache and Fort George for construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. This vessel made some runs between Soda Creek and Fort George. In 1915 this vessel was abandoned at South Fort George BC and broken up in 1919. In 1931 this vessel was still listed in the Canada Register of Shipping.
 
References
Affleck, Edward L. (2000); Canada List of Shipping; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5529254&q_type_1=q&q_1=Ship%20registration%20130885&ecopy=e011446334_231 (website viewed 19/06/2025);
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