Ship Details

Celestial Empire

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Photo Credit: UBC Cdn Fisherman Archive

 
 
Registry #1 106769 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1897 Celestial Empire Name 6
Name 2 (nk) Jupiter (III) Name 7
Name 3 (nk) Celestial Empire Name 8
Name 4 1925c Cape Scott (I) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1897 Place Hull Area Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 121.2' x 21.0' x 11.3'
Builder Cook, Welton Gemmel Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Iron Displacement
Gross Tonnage 207 Type 1 Fishboat, halibut
Registered Tonnage 103 Type 2 Tug
Engine 59rhp triple expansion steam engine (1897) Engine Manufacture C.D. Holmes & Co. Ltd., Hull UK
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1902 she was rebuilt as a tug at Hull UK. Call Sign VGFM
Pendant  # V045A Masters Captain Lewis (1926); Captain B. Barry; Captain Evan "Drydie" Drysdale (1936);
 
Owner(s)
In 1908 she was a North Sea trawler owned by UK owners. In 1926-1927 she was owned by Hecate Straits Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1952 she was sold to Pacific (Coyle) Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. She was sold to Captain B.L. ‘Barney’ Jones.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1946-00-00
 
Named Features Celestial Bluff (BC)
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1908 this vessel was brought to BC for halibut fishing. this vessel was dismantled in 1946 at British Columbia Marine Ways. Her engine was transferred to Pacific (Coyle) tug Newington. In 1946 her hull was beached at Oyster Bay for use as a breakwater.
 
References
Dalzell, Kathleen E. (1973); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927;
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