Ship Details

Forest Engineer

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Photo Credit: BC Forest Service

 
 
Registry #1 326478 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1965 F.D.J.V. 104 Name 6
Name 2 1969 Forest Engineer Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1965 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 35.9' x 16.0' x 5.9'
Builder Benson Brothers Shipbuilding Co. (1960) Ltd. Measurement (metric) 10.94m x 4.88m x 1.90m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 26.84 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 18.25 Type 2
Engine 2-340bhp diesel engines (1965) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1965-1978 she was owned by the Minister of Lands, Forests and Water Resources, Victoria BC Canada. In 1978 she was owned by Cal's Contracting Ltd., Golden BC Canada. In 1978-2014 she was owned by Mica Marine Ltd., Golden BC Canada. In 2015-2025 she was owned by Mica Marine Ltd., Vernon BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2025 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1965 this vessel was in service on Williston Lake for Arrow High Dam service. British Columbia Forest Service Annual Report 1969, p. 40: "The caption reads: "The twin-screw, shallow-draught tug Forest Engineer. The 40-foot vessel, which can be split in half lengthwise, is now busy transporting equipment being used to clear the Lake Williston reservoir." "
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Coney, Michael (1983); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11927/607?r=0&s=4; British Columbia Forest Service Annual Report 1969, p. 40; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6358684&q=ship%20registration%20Forest&ecopy=e011455295 (website viewed 07/02/2025);
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