Ship Details
C.P.R. No. 1 Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	126507 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1909	C.P.R. No. 1	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1909	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	120.0' x 30.0' x 8.5'
Builder	Wallace Shipyards Ltd., North Vancouver BC	Measurement (metric)	36.6m x 9.1m x 2.6m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	252	Type 1	Barge, rail car
Registered Tonnage	252	Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Non-powered
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1909-1979 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Montreal QC Canada. In 2004-2011 she was owned by Northside Holdings (1993) Ltd., Wynndel BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2011-07-04

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
The name painted on the hull is C.P.R. Steel Barge No. 1 - but the official registered name was simply C.P.R. No. 1 - another case of a capricious name change by employees who can confuse the historical record.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping
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