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Registry #1	(Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1956	Blackpool Ferry	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1956	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	McLaren & Sons	Measurement (imp)	44' x 10' x 3'
Builder	Allied Shipbuilders Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Ferry, reaction
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1956 she was owned by the British Columbia Department of Highways, Victoria BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2005-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Se was a catamaran reaction ferry based on the North Thompson River, carried there by truck.

 

References
McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); Clapp, Frank A. (1991) Ministry of Transportation and Highways Lake and River Ferries Victoria BC: Province of British Columbia.
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