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General T. Co.

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Registry #1 156611 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1929 General T. Co. Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1929 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 43.5' x 13.4' x 7'
Builder Bidwell Boat Works Ltd. (Coal Harbour) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 25.56 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 5.69 Type 2
Engine 96bhp diesel engine (1929) Engine Manufacture Gardner Engine Co., Manchester UK
Repower Repowered with a 150hp F-M diesel engine (1938); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain J.N. Butler (1934)
 
Owner(s)
In 1929 she was owned by J.W. Baxter, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1931-1938 she was owned by John N. Butler, and Harry N. Trueman, (JO) Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1942-03-27
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On March 27, 1942 this vessel was destroyed by fire to the waterline in the Flat Top Islands (Georgia Strait) and was beached, where her engine was salvaged.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 13 (1930); Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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