Ship Details |
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Active (I)Photo Credit: BC Provincial Archives |
Registry #1 | 094894 (Canada) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1889 | Active (I) | Name 6 | ||
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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 |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 116.0' x 20.7' x 10.3' |
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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) |
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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 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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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 |
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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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