Ship Details
Dreadful (II) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	131148 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1912	Dreadful (II)	Name 6
Name 2	1919	Rumania	Name 7
Name 3	1923	Pacific Monarch	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1912	Place	South Shields	Area		Country	UK

 

Designer	J. Pollock & Sons & Co Ltd, Naval Architects, London UK	Measurement (imp)	118.5' x 25.2' x 13.8'
Builder	Hepple & Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	253	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	92	Type 2
Engine	74hp triple expansion steam engine (1912);	Engine Manufacture	Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VGDJ
Pendant  #	W.21	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1912-1913 she was owned by Canadian Western Lumber Co. Ltd., Fraser Mills BC Canada. In 1913-1918 she was owned by Canadian Tugboat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1918-1920 she was owned by the British Admiralty. In 1920-1923 she was owned by William Watkins Ltd., London UK. In 1923-1926 she was owned by Pacific Tug & Barge Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1926-1931 she was owned by Pacific (Coyle) Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1951-1952 she was owned by Coast Ferries Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1952 she was sold to USA interests for breaking up.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1952-09-22

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 1920 this vesseltowed Davis Rafts. On May 5, 1930 this vesselwent aground on Mystery Reef, 10 miles southeast of Savary Island BC. In 1943 this vesselgrounded at off Lagoon Bridge Saltair at high tide while enroute to Union Bay BC to bunker fuel. The tug Leroi was sent from Vancouver BC to assist. (The Los Angeles Times Page 21 Tuesday 06/05/1930;) In 1943-1945 this vesselserved with the US Army Transportation Corps in Alaska. In September 1952 this vessel was sold for scrap in Seattle WA USA and broken up.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/dreadful1912.html (website viewed 07/10/2023);
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