Ship Details

Radium Dew

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Photo Credit: John Henderson

 
 
Registry #1 198913 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1955 Radium Dew Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1955 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer German, Milne & Gilmore Measurement (imp) 120.0' x 31.2' x 4.0'
Builder Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 289 Type 1 Tug, pusher
Registered Tonnage 144 Type 2
Engine 2-770bhp 8-cylinder diesel engines (1955) Engine Manufacture Enterprise Engine & Foundry Co., San Francisco CA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1955-1988 she was owned by Northern Transportation Co. Ltd., Edmonton AB Canada for Western Arctic inshore service.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1988-04-21
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1955 this vessel was delivered to Fort Smith NT. This vessel operated on the Mackenzie River delta to Herschel Island and east to the Baille Islands pushing NTCL barges with supplies for five DEW-line construction sites. In 2011 she was photographed dry-berthed on the hard at Hay River NT.
 
References
McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); Canada List of Shipping
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