Ship Details
Nautilus Swell Photo Credit: Maple Leaf Adventures

 

Registry #1	130882 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#	316005922	VRN#

 

Name 1	1912	Swell	Name 6
Name 2	2011c	Nautilus Swell	Name 7
Name 3	2014	Swell	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1912	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	70.0' x 19.0' x 9.0'
Builder	Beach Avenue Shipyard Ltd. (Arthur Moscrop)	Measurement (metric)	22.1m x 5.9m x 2.7m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	85	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	4	Type 2	Passenger Vessel
Engine	18hp steam engine (1912)	Engine Manufacture	Enterprise Engine & Foundry Co., San Francisco CA
Repower	Repowered in 1954 with a 400hp Enterprise diesel at Blackball Towing Co. Shipyard. Repowered with a 275hp engine; Repowered with a Detroit Diesel 12V149, that is fitted with a blower but not a turbo.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1954 she was rebuilt from deck up at Point Hope Shipyard Victoria BC. In 2005 she was rebuilt to 25.30m x 6.33m x 3.28m 130gt 39rt	Call Sign	CFN7045
Pendant  #	VE026A	Masters	Captain George MacGregor (1912); Captain George Howell (1959);

 

Owner(s)

In 1912 she was owned by George McGregor as the first tug of Victoria Tug Co., Victoria BC Canada. In 1913-1959 she was owned by Victoria Tug Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1959-1972 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1972-1979 she was owned by Thomas Stockdale, West Vancouver BC Canada. In 1981 she was owned by Island Merchant Marine Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1981-1989 she was owned by Westview Dredging Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1990-1997 she was owned by Swell Towing Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1998-2003 she was owned by Swell Towing Ltd., Delta BC Canada. In 2004 she was owned by Big Time Sport Fishing BC Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 2011-2014 she was owned by Icarus Aviation Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2014-2025 she was owned by Maple Leaf Adventures Corp., Victoria BC Canada

 

Fate	Afloat in 2025	Date	0000-00-00

 

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References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Drew Hyslop - Nauticapedia 16/12/2023);
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