Radium Gilbert
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Radium Gilbert
- IMO number
- 5288891
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 36.6 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1946
- Builder
- —
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- Northern Transportation Company
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Radium Gilbert
The Radium Gilbert was a tugboat built for transporting supplies to, and ore from, the radium and uranium mines in Canada's Northwest Territories. Like the other tugs in the Radium Line she was steel-hulled. She was named after Gilbert Labine, the prospector who discovered radioactive ore where Port Radium was built. She was built in Vancouver, in 1946 disassembled, so she could be shipped by rail to Waterways, Alberta. Like all vessels assembled in Waterways that operated on the Mackenzie River, and its tributaries, after she was reassembled she first proceeded downstream to Lake Athabasca, and down the Slave River, to the portage at Fort Smith. Large tractors towed even large cargo overland around large rapids there. The Radium Gilbert spent her operational life 1946 to 1980 on Great Bear Lake. She ran aground near Deline, the small community at the outlet for Great Bear Lake.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Radium Gilbert now?
- Radium Gilbert has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Radium Gilbert?
- Radium Gilbert is a ship, built in 1946. The vessel is 36.6 m long.
- Who owns Radium Gilbert?
- Radium Gilbert is operated by Northern Transportation Company. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Radium Gilbert been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Radium Gilbert appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).