Ship Details

Active (I)

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Photo Credit: BC Provincial Archives

 
 
Registry #1 094894 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1889 Active (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1889 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 116.0' x 20.7' x 10.3'
Builder McPhee, Donald Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 172 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 119 Type 2
Engine 3-cylinder 50nhp steam engine (1889) Engine Manufacture Royal City Planing Mills Co., New Westminster BC
Repower In 1954 she was converted to diesel and rebuilt with a 800hp Enterprise diesel engine. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CYND
Pendant  # Masters Captain William Johnson; Captain Donald Patterson;
 
Owner(s)
In 1889-1915 she was owned by British Columbia Mills Timber & Trading Co., (Hastings Mill) Vancouver BC. In 1916-1937 she was owned by the Canadian Tugboat Co. Ltd. She was owned by Canadian Western Lumber Co. In 1946-1948 she was owned by Coastal Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1900-01-17
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1956 this vessel was considered as the oldest tugboat in British Columbia. In 1956 this vessel was wrecked at Carrington Bay Cortes Island BC, running up on a reef and rolling over. this vessel was salvaged and towed to Vancouver BC. In 1956 this vessel was declared as a total loss and dismantled. In 1958 this vessel was towed to Galiano Island BC and burned.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping (1898); Canada List of Shipping; Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957); Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast;
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