Ship Details

Westminster Chief (III)

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Registry #1 153034 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1926 A. and L. Name 6
Name 2 1948 Davis Straits (I) Name 7
Name 3 1949 Westminster Chief (III) Name 8
Name 4 1953 Sea Chief (I) Name 9
Name 5 1959 Viking Queen Name 10
 
Year Built 1926 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 50.3' x 15.6' x 6.8'
Builder Clyde Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 39 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 5 Type 2
Engine 110bhp 3cyl. Engine (1926) Engine Manufacture Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower Repowered in 1956 with a 200hp engine Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # V012B Masters Captain Jimmy Meyers (1926); Captain John Ryall (1953);
 
Owner(s)
In 1926-1932 she was owned by Abernethy Lougheed Logging Co. Ltd., Port Haney BC Canada. In 1934-1937 she was owned by Chemainus Towing Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1942-1949 she was owned by Straits Towing & Salvage Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1949 she was owned by Westminster Charterers Ltd., New Westminster BC Canada. In 1953-1963 she was owned by Mutual Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1963-07-15
 
Named Features
Significance of Name A. & L. for Abernethy and Lougheed Logging Company
 
Anecdotes
On June 15, 1963 this vessel foundered after striking a submerged object near N.E. Point of Texada Island BC and sank slowly.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 3; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
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