Ship Details

Steel Head

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Registry #1 126078 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1908 Steel Head Name 6
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
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 100.0' x 22.9' x 11.5'
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)
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
 
Named Features
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
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
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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