Ship Details
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Registry #1	171632 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1938	Beaver Lake	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1938	Place	Fort McMurray	Area	AB	Country	Canada

 

Designer	J.A. Davis	Measurement (imp)	72.75' x 15.52' x 5.15'
Builder	Hudsons Bay Co.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	53.89	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	20.09	Type 2
Engine	170bhp diesel engine (1938)	Engine Manufacture	Gardner Engine Co., Manchester UK
Repower	Repowered in 1944 with a 290bhp diesel engine by General Motors Corp.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VCZY
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1938-1950 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK. In 1950-1965 she was owned by McInnes Products Corp. Ltd., Edmonton AB Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1965-04-20

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1938 this vessel was in ervice on Upper River (Waterways to Fort Fitzgerald) and on Lake Athabasca. In 1965 this vessel was reported as having been broken up.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/130?r=0&s=4; https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/ships_histories/pdf/beaver-lake.pdf;
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