Ship Details

Cliffeleine

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Registry #1 141717 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1920 Cliffeleine Name 6
Name 2 1938 Catala Chief Name 7
Name 3 1953 Nanaimo Brave Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1920 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 34.65' x 10.5' x 5.6'
Builder Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 13.83 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 6.22 Type 2
Engine 150bhp diesel engine (1920) Engine Manufacture Murphy Diesel Co., Milwaukee WI
Repower Repowered in 1949 with a 60hp engine by Fairbanks-Morse; Repowered in 1952 with a 30hp engine by Easthope Brothers, Vancouver BC. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VDGC
Pendant  # Masters Captain William Y. Higgs (1937-1938); Captain Bill Thompson (1951);
 
Owner(s)
In 1920-1925 she was owned by George P. Ellis & Archibald Robertson, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1926 she was owned by Mrs. Archibald Robertson, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1928-1931 she was owned by Harland W. Brown and Bertram D. Perrie (JO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1932-1933 she was owned by B.C. Equipment Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934 she was owned by Frederick H. Chappell, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1937-1940 she was owned by William Yorke Higgs, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1941-1957 she was owned by Nanaimo Towing Co. Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1958-1960 she was owned by Straits Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1960-1967 she was owned by John Northcote, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1967-1985 she was owned by Norman W. McLellan, Fort Langley BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1969-06-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In June 1969 this vessel sank at Haney BC in the Fraser River.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11925/1219?r=0&s=4; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11928/553?r=0&s=4;
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