Ship Details

Czar (I)

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Photo Credit: Mike Clement collection

 
 
Registry #1 103907 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1897 Czar (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1897 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 101.0' x 21.5' x 11.0'
Builder Trahey, Thomas H. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 148
Gross Tonnage 152 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 93 Type 2 Barge
Engine 56hp quadruple expansion 4-cylinder steam engine Engine Manufacture Hinckly Spear & Hayes, San Francisco CA USA
Repower In 1923 she was re-powered 4-cylinder oil engine by J. & C.G. Bolinders. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1923 she was rebuilt to 97' x 22' x ? 148 tons. In 1940 she was rebuilt as a barge. Call Sign VGXC
Pendant  # Masters Captain Christensen (1914); Captain Thomas S. Guns;
 
Owner(s)
In 1897 she was owned by Hastings Mill Company, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1898-1901 she was owned by James Dunsmuir, Victoria BC Canada. In 1902-1904 she was owned by Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Co., Victoria BC Canada (Robert Dunsmuir.). In 1905 she was transferred to Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Services and based at Victoria BC Canada. In 1914-1918 she was owned by Gerald F. Payne & Edward J. Coyle, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1918 she was owned by Pacific Construction Co., Vancouver BC Canada for service with the Imperial Munition Board, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1921-1923 she was owned by Queen City Tow Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1924-1926 she was owned by International Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1927-1931 she was owned by Dominion Tug & Barge Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1939 she was owned by Harbour Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940-1947 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1942-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1940 this vessel was converted to a barge. In 1942 this vessel foundered and her hull was sunk off Prince Rupert BC where this vessel was a derelict on the mud flats. Her propeller and shaft were put on display outside the Prince Rupert Museum, Prince Rupert BC Canada.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; (1898); Newell, G. (1966); Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957); Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast;
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