Ship Details
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Registry #1	175596 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1944	Weston Park	Name 6
Name 2	1946	Lake Sicamous	Name 7
Name 3	1953	Archipelago	Name 8
Name 4	1960	Silver Valley	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1944	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder	West Coast Salvage & Contracting Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7161	Type 1	Freighter, (Victory-type)
Registered Tonnage	4302	Type 2
Engine	Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1944 she was managed by Western Canada Steamship Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1953 she was owned by Panedo Cia. Nav. SA, Panama and John C. Hadjipateras & Sons Ltd., London UK. In 1960 she was owned by Silver star Shipping Corp., Liberia.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1960-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On May 15, 1963 this vessel ran aground on the River Douro Bar off Oporto Portugal and broke up the next day (declared a toal loss).

 

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