Ship Details |
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Steel HeadPhoto Credit: Unknown |
Registry #1 | 126078 (Canada) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1908 | Steel Head | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 1919 | Achates (I) | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1908 | Place | Vancouver | Area | BC | Country | Canada |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 100.0' x 22.9' x 11.5' |
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Builder | H.H. Allen | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Wood | Displacement | 209 |
Gross Tonnage | 187 | Type 1 | Tug |
Registered Tonnage | 49 | Type 2 | |
Engine | 48hp engine (1931c) | Engine Manufacture | (nk) |
Repower | In 1925 she was converted to oil. | Propulsion | Screw |
Rebuilds | Call Sign | VGKP | |
Pendant # | Masters | Captain Maurice L. Evans (1908); |
Owner(s) |
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In 1908 she was owned by Greer & Coyle Towing. In 1913 she was owned by Maurice L. Evans (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1914 she was owned by Jamers H. Greer and Edward J. Coyle (JO), Vancouver BC. In 1917-1920 she was owned by the Achates Tow Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1930-1931 she was owned by Pacific (Coyle) Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1930-06-07 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name | In the Aeneid, Achates ("good, faithful Achates", fidus Achates as he was called) was a close friend of Aeneas; his name became a by-word for an intimate companion. |
Anecdotes |
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On April 09, 1908 this tug suffered a fire at Parsley Island in Howe Sound BC. In 1925 this vessel was converted to oil. On June 08, 1930 while under command of Captain Thorvald Aaroe, this vessel was destroyed by fire to the waterline at Gowland Harbour, Quadra Island BC while laying next to her boom of logs. The fire spread so quickly that this vessel sank in two hours in 8 fathoms of water. The fire started in the engineroom and spread quickly to the rest of the vessel. Her crew of two esaped unhurt. Her steam engine and condenser, originally from H.M.S. Algerine, were later salvaged by diver John Pieters. |
References |
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; 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); The Province (Vancouver BC) Monday June 9, 1930 Page 22; |
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