Ship Details

B.C. Rover (I)

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Photo Credit: Mark Horne

 
 
Registry #1 192548 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1950 Hilunga Name 6
Name 2 1984 B.C. Rover (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1950 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 86.7' x 17.0' x 9.6'
Builder Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 95 Type 1 Research vessel
Registered Tonnage 35 Type 2 Freighter, ro-ro
Engine 400bhp 10-cylinder diesel engine (1950) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CY3092
Pendant  # Masters Captain H.W. Dale-Johnson (1956);
 
Owner(s)
In 1950-1984 she was owned by The Minister of Public Works, Ottawa ON. In 1984-1999 she was owned by Roy Horne, North Vancouver BC. In 2000-2003 she was owned by Ralph I. Higgins, Cowichan Bay BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2002-10-02
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Hilunga - a First Nations word for "Thunder of the Sea"
 
Anecdotes
In 1950 this vessel was launched by Mrs. Ken W. Morton the wife of the Federal District Engineer. In 1950 cost $120,000. On February 16, 1956, as the Hilunga, this tug owned by The Minister of Public Works, Ottawa ON sank at Kunghiti Island, Cape St. James QCI BC. This vessel then drifted to Aristazabel Island where this vessel was later salvaged.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Times Colonist (Victoria BC) Thursday February 16, 1956 page 3;
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