Ship Details

General Ashton (R.C.A.S.C.)

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Registry #1 138396 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1937 G.M.M. Name 6
Name 2 1941c General Ashton (R.C.A.S.C.) Name 7
Name 3 1948 J.A. Ferguson Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1937 Place Meteghan Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 70.1' x 16.2' x 6.7'
Builder Meteghan Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 50 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 34 Type 2
Engine 3.5hp engine (1937) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941c she was a transport vessel owned by the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 19-03-1966
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Bryon Taylor reports that "this vessel was destroyed by fire 19/03/1966). From 1939-1948 this vessel was used by the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps to transport supplies and materiel from Saint John NB to Partridge Island NB."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; (1945); Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 24/02/2016); LAC Reel T-11849 (1966) (Ruth Carlyle);
Last update
2016-05-23 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2019);

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