Ship Details
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Registry #1	150798 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1923	Fort Nelson	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1923	Place	Ft. McMurray	Area	AB	Country	Canada

 

Designer	George F. Askew	Measurement (imp)	81.0' x 18.5' x 5.9'
Builder	Askew, George F.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	154.04	Type 1	Barge, cargo
Registered Tonnage	154.04	Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Non-powered
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1923-1939 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1927-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1927 this vessel was destroyed by fire on Great Slave Lake.

 

References
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5531843&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20150798&ecopy=e011446341_106 (website viewed 19/06/2025);
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