Ship Details
Avalon (III) Photo Credit: Vancouver Archives CVA_447-7226.1

 

Registry #1	320164 (Canada)	Registry #2	(UK)	Registry #3
IMO#	5257634	MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1963	Northland Prince	Name 6
Name 2	1978	St. Helena (II)	Name 7
Name 3	1990	St. Helena Island	Name 8
Name 4	1990	Avalon (III)	Name 9
Name 5	1993	Indoceanique	Name 10

 

Year Built	1963	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	312' x 46.1' x 22.4'
Builder	Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	3150	Type 1	Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	4200bhp T/S diesel engine	Engine Manufacture	Stork-Werkspoor AG
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1963-1977 she was owned by Northland Shipping (1962) Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1977 she was sold to United International Bank, London UK. In 1978 she was turned over to Curnow Shipping Co. of Port Leven Cornwall. In 1978 she was in the UK, St. Helena, Republic of South Africa service. She went out of service in 1993. In 1993-1996 she was owned by the Government of Mauritius.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1967-08-04

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

On August 4, 1967 this passenger freighter, owned by Northland Shipping (1962) Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC, collided with the fishboat Secord No. 1 in Grenville Channel. The fishboat sank about an hour afterwards. On August 30, 1967 this vessel collided with the Alaska Steamship Line train ferry Alaska. Three passengers and a crew member of the Northland Prince were injured when the ship hit the train ferry broadside while underway in Broughton Strait off Malcolm Island northbound from Vancouver to Prince Rupert. The Alaska was transporting railway cars and freight between Seattle and Alaska. Norma Mackenzie (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 06/04/2020) states that "In 1993 it was bought by the Island of Mauritius and renamed Indoceanique. In 1996 it was sold for scrap and ended her days being broken apart on the beach at Alang, India.:

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11865/810?r=0&s=5 ; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Thursday August 31, 1967 page 3;
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