Ship Details

Silver Queen (III)

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Photo Credit: Libraries and Archives Canada (LAC) MIKAN_3399251

 
 
Registry #1 170758 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1934 Sternwheeler Name 6
Name 2 (nk) Silver Queen (III) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1934 Place Waterways Area AB Country Canada
 
Designer George F. Askew Measurement (imp) 84.0' x 15.4' x 4.0'
Builder Askew, George F. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 45.67 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 31.06 Type 2
Engine 100hp diesel engine (1934) Engine Manufacture Tangye Ltd.
Repower Propulsion Sternwheeler
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1934-1946 she was owned by Northern Transportation Co., Edmonton AB Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
George Duddy reports that "This vessel ran from Fort Norman up the Bear River to Bear River Rapids going over the portage between Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Smith. In 1934 there was a ship building boom at both Waterways and Fort Smith to provide vessels to support the mining boom on Great Bear. Some of the vessels were built by Askew but many by his competitor from Edmonton. All this mining activity preceded the “Manhattan Project”. Radium was rich material and there were other ores." In 1946 this vessel was beached and broken up.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; George Duddy (Email to Nauticapedia 24/09/2020); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5533809&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20170758&ecopy=e011446346_273 (website viewed 19/06/2025);
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