Image Not Available

NONIA

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date10 April 1956

Object NamePASSENGER AND CARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 214' 9" x breadth 35' 1" x depth 17' 3"
Gross Tonnage: 1174 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002541

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 853

Fate: unknown

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Passenger and cargo vessel, 2 decks, fitted for refrigerated cargoes, strengthened for ice.

Owners:
1956: Canadian National Railway Company
1987: Trans Maritime Chiriqui S. A., registered Panama.

General History:

Launched April 1956 by Mrs Philip Grichy, of Grand Falls, Newfoundland. Specially designed to operate as passenger and cargo vessel on the Newfoundland Coast. Strengthened for navigating on ice.
Accommodation for 50 1st class and 40 2nd class passengers and had 33 officers and crew.

The diesel-powered NONIA was similar in design to earlier coastal steamers and could accommodate 90 passengers as well as freight. Commanded on its maiden voyage by Captain Joseph Prim, it replaced the Codroy on the run between Lewisporte and Baie Verte. In the summer months the NONIA delivered mail along the Labrador coast. In August 1961 the ship was called upon to assist the community of Musgrave Harbour when it was threatened by forest fire. It transported 760 people from the area to safety on Fogo Island. After 20 years in the coastal service, the ship was taken over by the federal Department of Fisheries. As a patrol boat it helped to enforce fisheries regulations within Canada's 200-mile limit. In 1980 the NONIA passed into private ownership.

Notes:
Sister ship to the BONAVISTA, both specially designed to operate as passenger and cargo vessels on the Newfoundland Coast. Strengthened for navigation in ice.
Engine: Fairbanks-Morse 8-cylinder diesel, 955 kW or 1,280 bhp built by Canadian Locomotive Company Ltd., Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Speed - 12 knots
3 Cranes with a 4 tonne capacity