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Halcyon (IV)

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Registry #1 175396 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 Atwater Park Name 6
Name 2 1946 Lake Atlin Name 7
Name 3 1953 Halcyon (IV) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder West Coast Ship Builders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7163 Type 1 Freighter, (Standard WW2)
Registered Tonnage 4303 Type 2
Engine 2500hp triple expansion steam engine Engine Manufacture Canadian Allis-Chalmers Ltd., Montreal QC
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VGGM
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944 she was owned by the Canadian Government (Park Steamship Co, Montreal QC (managed by Anglo-Canadian Shipping Co, Vancouver BC). In 1946 she was owned by Western Canada Steamships Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1953 she was owned by Santa Rita Comp. Nav. S.A., Monrovia Liberia.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1969-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name A park located near Melville SK.
 
Anecdotes
On January 31, 1969 this vessel was beached and broke in two after a collision with the Japanese freighter Gen-El Maru in Kanmon Strait. In 1969 this vessel was broken up in Japan.
 
References
Heal, S.C. (1999); Canada List of Shipping; https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11903/501?r=0&s=4; https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11910/555?r=0&s=6;
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