Ship Details

F.H. Phippen

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Photo Credit: Terry Gustafson

 
 
Registry #1 130292 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 23218
 
Name 1 1910 F.H. Phippen Name 6
Name 2 1979 Underwater Sunshine Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1910 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 57.0' x 12.3' x 6.7'
Builder Wallace Shipyards Ltd., North Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) 17.37m x 3.81m x 2.04m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 28.58 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 8.32 Type 2
Engine 7.65hp gasoline engine (1910); Engine Manufacture Standard Engine Co., San Francisco CA
Repower Repowered in 1926 with a 7nhp gas F-M engine; Repowered in 1948 with a 115hp Caterpillar diesel engine; Repowered with a 150hp Frisco Standard gasoline engine (1954) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1954 she was rebuilt at Prince Rupert BC to 57.0' x 12.5' x 6.7' by E. Wahl, Prince Rupert BC Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1910-1927 she was owned by the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. Ltd., Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1927-1932 she was owned by Rupert Marine Products Ltd., Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1932-1937 she was owned by Arthur Oswald, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1937-1942 she was owned by James A. Morrison, Prince Rupert BC Canada. (On June 16, 1942 James Morrison died and Mrs. Belle B. Morrison was appointed as adminsitrator). In 1942-1951 she was owned by Mrs. Belle Morrisson, Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1951-1972 she was owned by Armour Salvage (1949) Ltd., Prince Rupert BC Canada. She was owned by Rivtow, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1979 she was owned by Husky Marine Towing Ltd., Prince Rupert BC Canada. In 1979 she was owned by Malaspina Marine Towing Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1979 she was owned by Sunset Coast Towing Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1979-1981 she was owned by Rodger Dowker, Powell River BC Canada. In 1981 she was owned by Sunset Coast Towing Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1982-1990 she was owned by Sunshine Coast Towing Ltd., Powell River BC Canada. In 1991-2017 she was owned by Twin T. Holdings, Port Hardy BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
She was owned by Benny Palmer who used it for log salvage. In 1991 this vessel was designated as a Vintage vessel by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia. Sarah Cooper (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 28/05/2017) states that "This vessel is abandoned on a beach in Seymour Inlet." Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 14/02/2019) states that "This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel was however not mobilized for active duty during the Second World War."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; MacFarlane, John M. (1993); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 24/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11581 (Underwater Sunshine); RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization Volume 1; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5519259&q=ship%20registration%20F.H.%20phippen&ecopy=e011446310_160 (website viewed 16/02/2025); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5536823&q=ship%20registration%20F.H.%20phippen&ecopy=e011446358_169 (website viewed 16/02/2025);
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