Ship Details

Fort Langley (II)

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Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 313905 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# 5118125 MMSI# 533912000 VRN#
 
Name 1 1961 Fort Langley (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1961 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer German, Milne & Gilmore Measurement (imp) 424.7' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 72.5m x 13.72m x 5.82m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 1788 Type 1 Dredge
Registered Tonnage 717 Type 2
Engine 2 diesel-electric 1800hp engines Engine Manufacture Stork-Werkspoor AG
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign TSHD; 9MGH8
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1961-1998 she was owned by The Minister of Public Works, Ottawa ON as a Suction/Hopper Dredger. (Canadian Register closed 1998-09-09). In 2015-2024 she was still afloat off the coast of Malaysia managed by Viatech Engineering Ltd.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1961 built at a cost of $3.5 million. Her Canadian register closed on 1998-09-09 when this vessel was retired by the Canadian Government. This vessel is variously reported broken up by some sources but is apparently still working in the Straits of Malacca off the Malaysian coast - Malaysian flagged.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; https://www.dredgepoint.org/dredging-database/equipment/fort-langley; https://www.dredgepoint.org/dredging- database/equipment/fort-langley?sid=3455; http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:708674/#forward;
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