Ship Details
Black Fir Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	312116 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1959	Black Fir	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1959	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	McLaren & Sons	Measurement (imp)	45.7' x 17' x 7.3'
Builder	Allied Shipbuilders Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	41	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	28	Type 2
Engine	350bhp engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Douglas Lewis (1963);

 

Owner(s)
In 1959-1963 she was owned by Texada Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1963-03-09

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On March 9, 1963 this tug, owned by Texada Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC, sank about 5 miles off Gower Point BC (near Sechelt) while running light to Blind Bay BC Canada. Her 4-man crew escaped in a liferaft.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 3; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Thursday March 14, 1963 page 64;
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