Ship Details
Ardgarvel Photo Credit: Ray Warren collection photo Circa 1949

 

Registry #1	137049 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1917	Ardgarvel	Name 6
Name 2	1927	Chilliwack II	Name 7
Name 3	1954	Martha No. 2 (II)	Name 8
Name 4	(nk)	Iron Shield	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1917	Place	Port Glasgow	Area	Scotland	Country	UK

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	200.3' x 30.2' x 12.8'
Builder	Ferguson Brothers Ltd., Port Glasgow UK	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	834	Type 1	Freighter
Registered Tonnage	397	Type 2
Engine	Triple expansion steam engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1917 she was owned by UK interests. In 1927 she was owned by J.H. Wesford & Co. Ltd., Liverpool UK. In 1927 she was sold to Union Steamships Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1954 she was sold. She was owned by owners in the Marianas Islands (South Pacific).

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927)
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