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Mabel Mac (II)

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Registry #1 170753 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1937 Mabel Mac (II) Name 6
Name 2 1951 Sea Dawn (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1937 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 34.8' x 11.5' x 5.0'
Builder Stanley Park Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 14.68 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 9.98 Type 2
Engine 30bhp gasoline engine (1937) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Vancouver BC
Repower Repowered in 1961 with a 270bhp engine by Caterpillar Tractor Co. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Neil Levine (1967);
 
Owner(s)
In 1937-1950 she was owned by Frans O. Soderman, Port Harvey BC Canada. In 1950-1963 she was owned by Bendickson Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1963-1967 she was owned by Noble Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1967-03-17
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On March 8th, 1967 this tugboat had an engineroom fire and burned and sank between Halkett Bay and Hood Point near Bowen Island BC and was a total loss. Captain Neil Levine and Mate Art Lindsay were rescued by the Haida Monarch.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1; 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_t11925/1463?r=0&s=4; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Wednesday March 8, 1967 page 29;
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