Ship Details

Imperial Skeena

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Photo Credit: City of Vancouver Archives AM1506-S3-3-_CVA_447-5164

 
 
Registry #1 331938 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# 7005281 MMSI# 35275000 VRN#
 
Name 1 1970 Imperial Skeena Name 6
Name 2 2000 Ocean Courier (II) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1970 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 290' x 53' x 21'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 91.5m x 16.4m x
Hull Steel Displacement 4856
Gross Tonnage 3047 Type 1 Tanker
Registered Tonnage 1955 Type 2
Engine 3000hp diesel engine (1970) Engine Manufacture British Polar
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign H3EC
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1970-2000 she was owned by Imperial Oil Ltd., Toronto ON Canada. In 2000 she was owned by Ionian Shipping & Trading Co.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2000-03-17
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1970 this vesselcost $3.23 million. This vessel operated from the Esso Refinery at Ioco on Burard Inlet. This vessel delivers up to 8 different petroleum products as far as Nanaimo and Victoria. "was subsequently placed in service carrying petroleum products to B.C. coastal ports, replacing the older tanker Imperial Vancouver. This was the first vessel on the B.C. coast to be fitted with a bulbous bow for increased propulsion efficiency, and the first Canadian tanker designed to carry containers and palletized packaged petroleum products in addition to her bulk oil capacity of 1.3 million gallons. Her 3,000-horsepower diesel engines are operated by remote control consoles in the wheel house and a control room forward. In addition to twin screws and rudders, this vessel was fitted with a 185-horsepower bow-thrust propeller for added maneuverability." - Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1969, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1975, p.64.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Morris, Rob and Leonard McCann. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press; http://www.aukevisser.nl/others/id107.htm; H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1975, p.64;
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