Ship Details
Sentry Shield Photo Credit: Mike Rydqvist McCammon

 

Registry #1	348551 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1975	Westminster Hyack	Name 6
Name 2	2010c	Smit Hyack	Name 7
Name 3	2020	Saam Hyack	Name 8
Name 4	(nk)	Sentry Shield	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1975	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	47' x ? x ?
Builder	John Manly Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	14.17m x 6.71m x 2.68m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	62.09	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	42.09	Type 2
Engine	1200hp diesel engine (1975)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with 2-920bhp diesel engines (2004c)	Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1975-1984 she was owned by Westminster Tug Boats Ltd., New Westminster BC Canada. In 1985-1991 she was owned by R.V.C. Holdings Ltd., New Westminster BC Canada. In 1992-1993 she was owned by Rivtow Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1994-1995 she was owned by Rivtow Marine Enterprises Ltd., New Vancouver BC Canada. In 1997-1999 she was owned by Rivtow MarineLtd., New Vancouver BC Canada. In 2001-2003 she was owned by Westminster Tugboats Inc., New Westminster BC Canada. In 2009-2014 she was owned by SMIT Harbour Towage Westminster Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2015-2019 she was owned by Saam Smit Westminster Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2020-2021 she was owned by Saam Towage Canada Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2023-2025 she was owned by Sentry Marine Towing Ltd.; Nanaimo BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2025	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On December 26, 1975 high winds tore the Swiftsure Prince from her moorings in the Fraser River and swept her upstream on a flood tide where this vessel hit the New Westminster Railway Bridge. This vessel knocked a 380 foot bridge span off its foundation. This vessel was secured at Fraser Mills by Captain Russel V. Cooper, General Manager of Westminster Tug Boats Ltd., in the Westminster Hyack.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1976 (Ed. Gordon Newell) 1977;
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