Ship Details

Chieftain (I)

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Photo Credit: BC Provincial Archives

 
 
Registry #1 094820 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
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Name 1 1890 Chieftain (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1890 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 79.5' x 16.5' x 7.8'
Builder Clark & Watson (Union Ship Yard) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 64.8 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 38.75 Type 2
Engine 19bhp triple expansion steam engine Engine Manufacture Albion Iron Works, Victoria BC
Repower Repowered with a 19hp engine (1949c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1927 she was rebuilt at North Vancouver BC to 75' x 17' 83gt 5rt. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1890-1918 she was owned by Robert Cunningham (Cunningham Cannery), Portt Essington BC. In 1918-1919 she was owned by Achates Tow Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1921-1949 she was owned by Pacific Coyle (Navigation) Co. Ltd. (The Red Band Fleet), Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1947-09-09
 
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Anecdotes
On October 9, 1947 this tug, owned by Pacific Coyle (Navigation) Co. Ltd. (The Red Band Fleet), Vancouver BC, grounded on Calamity Point shoal. (The newspapers noted that to that date more than a dozen vessel had grounded there in the previous year.) this vessel was beached as a hulk at Gambier Island BC.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1; The Daily Colonist (Victoria BC) January 1, 1891; LAC RG 12, A1, Vol 414 Shipping Registers Victoria BC; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3185/99?r=0&s=5 ; The Province (Vancouver BC) Friday October 10, 1947 page 1;
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