Histoire
This passenger/freight vessel was built in 1963 by Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. in North Vancouver, BC.
Notes historiques
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.:
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1963-1977 she was owned by Northland Shipping (1962) Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1977 she was owned by 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.
Références
- Canada List of Shipping
- heritage.canadiana.ca ↗
- Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Thursday August 31, 1967 page 3
