Ship Details
Gillking Photo Credit: NWM Archives IHP8042

 

Registry #1	178776 (Canada)	Registry #2	(US Army)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1942	(Original Name Not Known)	Name 6
Name 2	1947	Columbia King	Name 7
Name 3	1947	Gillking	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1942	Place	Los Angeles	Area	CA	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	84.1' x 21.3' x 9.8'
Builder	(nk)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	105	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	36	Type 2
Engine	600hp diesel engine (1942);	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 960hp engine	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VYTV
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1942-1946 she was owned by the U.S. Army Transportation Service. In 1947-1949 she was owned by Monarch Towing & Trading Co. Ltd., New Westminster BC. In 1956-1958 she was owned by Gilley Brothers Ltd., New Westminster BC. In 1960-1961 she was owned by Evans, Coleman & Evans Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1965-1967 she was owned by Ocean Cement Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1972-1977 she was owned by United Dredge & Derrick Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1979-2003 she was owned by Pacific Towing Services Ltd., Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2003-07-04

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 2003 this vessel was sold to Polkinghorne and towed to Bamfield. This vessel lay at Ostroms Machine Shop when her pumps failed and this vessel sank. (This vessel may have been towed later to Ladysmith Harbour where this vessel was broken up.) Al Hosking reports (Facebook British Columbia Nautical History Group 20/09/2015) that :"Around 2003 a flaky character had the Gillking towed down to Bamfield ... this vessel was so rotten there were small alder trees growing out of the deck, and needed a generator or shore power to keep pumps running. ... someone unplugged her and this vessel sank at the old McMillan's dock."

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Photo courtesy of Panaramio.com.
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