Ship Details

Gowlland Chief

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Photo Credit: Loch McJannett

 
 
Registry #1 329527 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1968 Squamish Chief Name 6
Name 2 1999c Gowlland Chief Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1968 Place Delta Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) 38' x ? x ?
Builder Vito Steel Boat & Barge Construction Ltd. Measurement (metric) 11.61m x 4.51m x 1.74m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 14.85 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 10.1 Type 2
Engine 425bhp engine (1968) Engine Manufacture Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria IL USA
Repower Repowered with a 525bhp engine (1999); Repowered with a 460hp engine (2009); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1968-1971 she was owned by Squamish Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Garibaldi Highlands BC Canada. (In 1972-1974 she does not appear in the Canada List of Shipping.) In 1975 she was owned by False Creek Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1976-1980 she was owned by Sunset Coast Marine Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1982-1997 she was owned by Westview Towing Ltd., Tahsis BC Canada. In 1999-2003 she was owned by Gowlland Towing Ltd., Campbell River BC Canada. In 2009-2025 she was owned by Quadrant Investments Ltd., Coquitlam BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2025 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On January 12, 1972 this vessel grounded and sank in Douglas Channel off Kitimat BC and was declared a "total loss".
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11933/259?r=0&s=6;
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