Ship Details

Beaver Lake

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Registry #1 171632 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1938 Beaver Lake Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1938 Place Fort McMurray Area AB Country Canada
 
Designer J.A. Davis Measurement (imp) 72.75' x 15.52' x 5.15'
Builder Hudson's Bay Co. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 53.89 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 20.09 Type 2
Engine 170bhp diesel engine (1938) Engine Manufacture Gardner Engine Co., Manchester UK
Repower Repowered in 1944 with a 290bhp diesel engine by General Motors Corp. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VCZY
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1938-1950 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK. In 1950-1965 she was owned by McInnes Products Corp. Ltd., Edmonton AB Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1965-04-20
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1938 this vessel was in ervice on Upper River (Waterways to Fort Fitzgerald) and on Lake Athabasca. In 1965 this vessel was reported as having been broken up.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/130?r=0&s=4; https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/ships_histories/pdf/beaver-lake.pdf ;
Last update
2023-10-02 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane (2019);
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2023); John M. MacFarlane (2019);

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