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Registry #1	126205 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1908	Farquhar	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1908	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	63.3' x 16.8' x 8.0'
Builder	(nk)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement	49
Gross Tonnage	72	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	49	Type 2
Engine	16nhp steam engine (1908)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Isaac E. Breese (1930);

 

Owner(s)
In 1908 she was owned by Edmund R. Seaton, Vancouver BC & Daniel H. Seaton, New Westminster BC. In 1909-1915 she was owned by Brooks Scanlon O'Brien Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1916-1925 she was owned by Kingcome Navigation Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1926-1930 she was owned by Pacific Coyle Navigation, Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1930-01-15

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

On January 15, 1930 this vessel was lost wth all hands in the Georgia Strait while towing a barge from Bellingham WA to Vancouver BC. Part of the wheelhouse was washed ashore on Stewart Island WA and the barge itself landed on Saturna Island. James Newton (grandson of Captain Isaac E. Breese (Email to Nauticapedia 13/01/2021) stated "What my family knew was the Farquhar was towing a scow from Washington to Vancouver through stormy conditions when it started taking on water which was figured to have hit the boiler. this caused an explosion of some sort. A few pieces of the tugs wheelhouse turned up around saturna island along with the barge that it was towing but all the crew was lost at sea."

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); James Newton (Email to Nauticapedia 13/01/2021);
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