Ship Details

Canso Straits (I)

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Photo Credit: New Westminster and District Branch, Navy League of Canada

 
 
Registry #1 096988 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1891 Kildonan Name 6
Name 2 1936 Polar King (I) Name 7
Name 3 1949 Canso Straits (I) Name 8
Name 4 1956 Volante (II) Name 9
Name 5 1960 Valiant (II) Name 10
 
Year Built 1891 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 68.3' x 14.2' x 6.9'
Builder Stephen, William J. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 51.41 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 39.98 Type 2
Engine 14hp steam engine (1891) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered in 1936 with a 5hp diesel engine by Atlas Diesel engine Co.; Repowered in 1960 with a 335hp diesel engine. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1945 she was rebuilt at Burrard Shipyard & Engineering Ltd. to 40.88gt 20.05rt Call Sign VCPW
Pendant  # V017A Masters Captain Benjamin Gilbert (1936);
 
Owner(s)
In 1891 she was owned by Richardson and Heathorne but sold on the ways. In 1891 she was owned by T.S. Sinclair, Victoria BC. In 189? She was owned by Wallace Bros. Fisheries. In 1895-1896 she was owned by R.D. Gamble, Toronto ON. In 1900-1910 she was owned by Ernest E. Evans, George Coleman and Percy W. Evans, all of Vancouver BC. In 1910-1923 she was owned by Evans, Coleman & Evans Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1923-1924 she was owned by Frederick R. Springer, Vancouver BC. In 1924 she was owned by Kildonan Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1924-1936 she was owned by Henrik C. Grauer, Vancouver BC. In 1931-1936 she was owned by Henrik C. Grauer, Vancouver BC. In 1936-1941 she was owned by Benjamin Gilbert, Vancouver BC. In 1941-1946 she was owned by Union Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1946-1957 she was owned by Straits Towing, Vancouver BC. In 1957-1959 she was owned by Walter J. Gibson and Alfred W. Robinson, both of North Vancouver BC. In 1959-1966 she was owned by Maritime Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1966-10-06
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On August 11, 1966 this vessel was destroyed by fire and sank near Thrasher Rock BC and was a total loss.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping (1898); Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967); 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_t11925/13?r=0&s=4 ;
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