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Particulars Of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected by Naval Service Headquarters (D. N. C. Dept.) 1943 - 1945: Radville [CN806]. Steel tug Radville [C.177649] registered 6/3/1946 at Toronto. Built at Owen Sound 1944 by Russel Brothers. Owned by Abitibi Power & Paper Co. Ltd, See Abitibi binder for vessel data sheets. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by International Tug & Barge Sales; 600 Ferguson Ave. East, Hamilton, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2002: Owned by International Tug & Barge Sales, 600 Ferguson Ave. East, Hamilton, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by International Tug & Barge Sales, 600 Ferguson Ave. East, Hamilton, Ontario. Details for registered vessel RADVILLE (O.N. 177649)... Date of suspension: 2008-03-10.

Registry #177649. W52. 1-135bhp, 2nhp diesel engine (1944). In 1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy. She was employed as a harbour tug at St. John's Newfoundland. In 1946 she was sold to Abitibi Power & Paper Co. Ltd., Toronto, ON. In 1972 she was sold to Oscar Styffe Ltd, Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), ON. In 1972 she was sold to Gravel and Lake Services Ltd., Thunder Bay, ON. In 1973 she was sold to Deep Diving Systems Ltd., Thunder Bay, ON. In 1982 she was sold to D.D.S. Salvage & Ship Repairs Ltd., Thunder Bay, ON

 

Mike Wolowich comments (March 2018): "Looks like mouth of Mission River (Thunder Bay, Ont.).
The Hydro Generation Station is seen in the background."

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Thunder Bay: Support barge for DDS operations taken October 1977. Later renamed DDS SALVAGER. Photo from Mike Wolowich. The Ville tug in foreground MIGHT be Radville. The triangular boom on the back of Radville might have been used in tending harbour buoys.

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Matthew Carlson notes (April 15, 2017)...arial view of Fred's old yard in Thunder Bay, Ontario. You can see his barges and the Annis Lee frozen-in, tied to the dock, two of the little larger tugs (looks like sister tugs on shore) the Eden VI on shore by the building. Looks like there are also two other possible winchboat hulls sitting on shore, they may have been used for parts or something. DDS yard was right beside Great West Timber so those ones might have been owned by them.

 

Matthew Carlson notes (Oct. 29, 2019)...Possibilities, Red- Radville Blue- Ingrid S. Green- Eden VI Yellow- G.B.2 (unknown hull)

 

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