Ship Details
Norwest I Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	134215 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1914	P.R.T. No. 1	Name 6
Name 2	1937	Norwest I	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1914	Place	Prince Rupert	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	E.B. Schock	Measurement (imp)	57.2' x 14.3' x 7.9'
Builder	(nk)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	40	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	37	Type 2
Engine	92hp 2-cylinder engine semi-diesel engine	Engine Manufacture	Avance Engines, Sweden
Repower	Repowered in 1917 with a 110bhp gas engine. Repowered with a 135bhp Atlas Imperial engine (1943);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1938 she was rebuilt. In 1942 she was given a new keel after the old one was damaged.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Donald miller (1951);

 

Owner(s)

In 1914 she was owned by Prince Rupert Towing Co., Prince Rupert BC. In 1915 she was owned by Johan Johnson, Prince Rupert BC. In 1917 she was owned by Lillico Launch & Tug Co., Prince Rupert BC. In 1919-1921 she was owned by Deep C. Fisheries Ltd., Prince Rupert BC. In 1922-1932 she was owned by Rupert Marine Products Ltd., Prince Rupert BC. In 1935 she was owned by Norwest Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1943 she was owned by Aero Timber Products Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1946-1951 she was owned by Harbour Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1951-02-25

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	PRT stands for Prince Rupert Towing.

 

Anecdotes
On February 25, 1951 this tug, owned by Harbour Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC, caught fire and burned to the waterline in Teakerne Arm BC. this vessel sank about 2:30am. Captain Donald miller and his crew members, who had been sleeping, escaped safely by scrambling onto the log boom they had been towing. They were picked up by the tug Ednorina and taken to Lund.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday February 26, 1951 page 28;
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