Ship Details

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

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Registry #1 158394 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1936 Dorothy and Frances Name 6
Name 2 1940 General Biggar (R.C.A.S.C.) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1936 Place Litchfield Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 57.5' x 15.0' x 5.9'
Builder Daniel Robinson Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 25.62 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 19.9 Type 2
Engine 45bhp (2.4nhp) diesel engine (1936) Engine Manufacture Fairbanks Morse Co., Chicago IL USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1939-1946 she was a transport vessel owned by the Minister of National Defence for the Canadian Army (Royal Canadian Army Service Corps). In 1946 she was owned by Victor Halliday, Digby NS.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1954-07-28
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Bryon Taylor reports that "This vessel was sunk 27/07/1954);
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; (1945); Freeman, David J. (2000): Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 24/02/2016); LAC Reel T-11847 (1954) (General Biggar);
Last update
2016-05-23 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2019);

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