Ship Details

St. Helena (II)

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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
 
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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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