Ship Details
Armoco Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	122537 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1907	Armoco	Name 6
Name 2	1954	Sea Lord III	Name 7
Name 3	1961	La Banque (I)	Name 8
Name 4	1965	L. and M.	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1907	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	56.5' x 14.5' x 7.2'
Builder	Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	40	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	32	Type 2
Engine	10.5hp gasoline engine (1907)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 210bhp diesel engine by Fairbanks-Morse (nk); Repowered with a 400bhp engine by Enterprise Engine Foundry Co., San Francisco CA	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1945 she was rebuilt by Armour Salvage & Towing Co. Ltd. at Prince Rupert BC (64' x 14.5' x 8.1' 53gt 9rt)	Call Sign	VXVP
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Martin Higgs (1969);

 

Owner(s)

In 1907-1910 she was owned by William H. Armstrong, North Vancouver BC. In 1911-1915 she was owned by Armstrong, Morrison & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1916-1920 she was owned by William Walter White, Vancouver BC. In 1921-1928 she was owned by Champion and White Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1929-1941 she was owned by Rupert Protheroe, Vancouver BC. In 1942-1945 she was owned by Armour Touring & Salvage, Prince Rupert BC. In 1945-1954 she was owned by Quatsino Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1954-1956 she was owned by Dolmage Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1956-1960 she was owned by Vancouver Log Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1960-1964 she was owned by Vancouver Tug Boat Co., Vancouver BC. In 1964-1966 she was owned by Cliff Olsen (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1966-1967 she was owned by Totem Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1967-1970 she was owned by Tiger Tug Ltd., Gibsons BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1970-02-17

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On January 15, 1969 this vessel was destroyed by fire in Howe Sound while towing logs in Collingwood Channel. This vessel went ashore on Bowen Island BC. this vessel was salvaged by Fred Rogers and John Peters.

 

References
Sessional Papers (Vol. 14) (3rd Session of the 11th Parliament of the Dominion of Canada (1911); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; 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_t11929/717?r=0&s=4 ;
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