Ship Details
Seaspan Comet Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	197844 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1954	Island Comet (II)	Name 6
Name 2	1954	Seaspan Comet	Name 7
Name 3	1979	Glenayre (I)	Name 8
Name 4	1999c	Delta Fox	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1954	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	McLaren & Sons	Measurement (imp)	38.0' x 12.0' x 6.0'
Builder	Allied Shipbuilders Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	11.58m x 3.66m x 1.83m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	14.98	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	8.9	Type 2
Engine	280bhp engine (1954)	Engine Manufacture	General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower	Repowered with 2-165bhp 6-71 tandem Detroit engines; 2-140bh diesel engines (2011c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	MDHT
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1954-1972 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Victoria BC. In 1973-1976 she was owned by May Marine Electric Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1977-1978 she was owned by Seaspan International Ltd., North Vancouver BC. In 1979-1988 she was owned by Port Moody Tug Ltd., Port Moody BC. In 1989-1995 she was owned by 334716 British Columbia Ltd., North Vancouver BC. In 1997-2003 she was owned by Virginia J. Bolderson, Delta BC. In 2004 she was owned by John O. Frank Sr., Ahousat BC. In 2011-2014 she was owned by Coast Marine Services (2004) Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 2015-2019 she was owned by General Towing Ltd., Campbell River BC.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2019	Date	1957-09-15

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On September 15, 1957 this vessel was pulled over by the Kalakala and sank in Victoria Harbour but was salvaged by diver Jack Daley and went back into operation.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); Canada List of Shipping; Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957); A.C. (Fred) Rogers (2003) Historic Divers of British Columbia; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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