Ship Details

Pacific Dolphin

Vessel image

Photo Credit: Captain Red Sailes photo

 
 
Registry #1 310268 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1957 Pacific Dolphin Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1957 Place Brentwood Bay Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 34.9' x 11.2' x 4.9'
Builder Clark Bros. Boat Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) 10.64m x 3.41m x 1.49m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 9.86 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 6.7 Type 2
Engine 220hp diesel engine (1957) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Stephen Franks (1961);
 
Owner(s)
In 1959-1960 she was owned by Alberni Contractors Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1961-1975 she was owned by Pacific Pile Driving Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1976 she was owned by Greenlees Equipment Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1977-1978 she was owned by William B. Davie, West Vancouver BC Canada. In 1979-1985 she was owned by Martin C. Carrol, Campbell River BC Canada. In 1986 she was owned by Clifford Rayner, Black Creek BC Canada. In 2004-2020 she was owned by Jacob Kasper, Burnaby BC Canada. In 2023-2025 she was owned by Jacob Kasper, Burnaby BC Canada and Judy Madsen, Vancouver BC Canada. (On 2025-03-20 her Canadian Register was suspended).
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2025-03-20
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On October 5, 1961 this tug, owned by Pacific Pile Driving Co. Ltd., Victoria BC, foundered near Steveston BC Canada. This vessel had been proceeding upriver from Tacoma WA with a wrapped bundle of pilings enroute to a timber treatment plant. The tide was ebbing and the bundle swung into a buoy and snagged. The tow hauled up short and the tug sank suddenly by the stern. The two crewmen, Captain Stephen Franks and John Davies, scrambled over the bow. They were rescued by the Margaret McKenzie which had been following them up the river. The Pacific Dolphin was raised and put back into operation. Roy Stewart (Email to Nauticapedia 06/10/2025) stated "Captain Red Sailes bought the tug from the fellow in Campbell River and took it down to Harkens dock in Port Coquitlam. Early 1990s I would think."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Times Colonist (Victoria BC) Thursday October 5, 1961 page 17; https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/vrqs-srib/eng/vessel-registrations/details/310268 (website viewed 06/10/2025); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6372692&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20310268&ecopy=e011469414 (website viewed 06/10/2025);
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