Ship Details

Royston Grange (I)

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Registry #1 175355 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 Fort Toulouse (II) Name 6
Name 2 1945 Sapperton Park Name 7
Name 3 1946 Harmac Alberni Name 8
Name 4 1948 Royston Grange (I) Name 9
Name 5 1949 Yiannis Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7166 Type 1 Freighter
Registered Tonnage 6708 Type 2
Engine Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine Engine Manufacture Dominion Engineering Works Ltd., Montreal PQ
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VGGN
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944 she was registered at Montreal QC Canada. In 1944 she was owned by Park Steam Ship Co. Ltd., Montreal QC Canada. In 1945 she was owned by Park Steam Ship Co. Ltd., Montreal QC, registered at Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946 she was owned by Canadian Transport Co. Ltd. In 1946 she was registered at Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946 she was owned by Canadian Transport Co. Ltd. In 1949 she was registered at Panama. In 1949-62 she was owned by Compania Prospero S.A.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1967-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Sapperton was a post office in New Westminster BC.
 
Anecdotes
On August 5, 1946 this vessel ran aground on Secretary Island BC two miles west of Beechey Head. This vessel was pulled free by the tug Salvage Chieftain and taken to Esquimalt to repair her forefoot which had been torn off. In 1967 this vessel was broken up at Miihara Japan.
 
References
Nicholson, George (1962); Canada List of Shipping;
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