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Registry #1	103907 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1897	Czar (I)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1897	Place	Victoria	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	101.0' x 21.5' x 11.0'
Builder	Trahey, Thomas H.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement	148
Gross Tonnage	152	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	93	Type 2	Barge
Engine	56hp quadruple expansion 4-cylinder steam engine	Engine Manufacture	Hinckly Spear & Hayes, San Francisco CA USA
Repower	In 1923 she was re-powered 4-cylinder oil engine by J. & C.G. Bolinders.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1923 she was rebuilt to 97' x 22' x ? 148 tons. In 1940 she was rebuilt as a barge.	Call Sign	VGXC
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Christensen (1914); Captain Thomas S. Guns;

 

Owner(s)

In 1897 she was owned by Hastings Mill Company, Vancouver BC. In 1898-1901 she was owned by James Dunsmuir, Victoria BC. In 1902-1904 she was sold to Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Co. of Victoria BC (Robert Dunsmuir.). In 1905 she was transferred to Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Services and based at Victoria BC. In 1914-1918 she was owned by Gerald F. Payne & Edward J. Coyle, Vancouver BC. In 1918 she was owned by Pacific Construction Co., Vancouver BC for service with the Imperial Munition Board, Ottawa ON. In 1921-1923 she was owned by Queen City Tow Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1924-1926 she was owned by International Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1927-1931 she was owned by Dominion Tug & Barge Co., Vancouver BC. In 1939 she was owned by Harbour Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1940-1947 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1942-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1940 this vessel was converted to a barge. In 1942 this vessel foundered. Her hull was sunk off Prince Rupert BC where this vessel was a derelict on the mud flats. The propeller and shaft were on display outside the Prince Rupert Museum.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; (1898); Newell, G. (1966); Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957); Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast;
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