Ship Details
Ilha Grande Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	175353 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#	1175353	MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Silver Star Park	Name 6
Name 2	1945	Santa Cecilia (II)	Name 7
Name 3	1951	Ilha Grande	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	? x ? x ?
Builder	West Coast Ship Builders Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	139m x 19m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7130	Type 1	Tanker, Victory-type
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VDZS
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1944 she was owned by the Park Steamship Co. Ltd. (Government of Canada and managed by Shell Canadian Tankers). In 1945 she was owned by Navebras Brazil. In 1951-1962 she was owned by the Brazilian Navy.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1962-03-09

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On December 23, 1944 this vessel collided with the US ship Mobile Point at 44.43N 124.02W. On March 09, 1962 this vessel was reported to have gone aground at Manuel Luiz Reef, on the coast of Brazil and was a total loss.

 

References
Merchant Vessels of the United States (1946);
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