Ship Details

Clayburn

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Registry #1 121741 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1906 Clayburn Name 6
Name 2 1949 Marlin II Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1906 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 76.7' x 16.8' x 8.4'
Builder Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 78 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 15 Type 2
Engine 26nhp semi-diesel engine (1906) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 275hp engine (c1961) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was re-engined with a diesel. Call Sign VGCP
Pendant  # Masters Captain William H. Armstrong (1906);
 
Owner(s)
In 1906-1907 she was owned by William H. Armstrong, Vancouver BC.. In 1910-1921 she was owned by Vancouver Tug & Bare Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1922-1960 she was owned by Marpole Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1960-1962 she was owned by Evans, Coleman & Evans Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1963-1964 she was owned by West Coast Salvage & contracting Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1965-1967 she was owned by Elsie Towing Service Ltd., North Vancouver BC. In 1973-1985 she was owned by Weldwood Transportation Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1986 she was owned by Sea Coaster Towing Ltd., Nanaimo BC. In 1987-1992 she was owned by Marlin Marine Ltd., North Vancouver BC. In 1992 she was owned by Newman Booming, Cowichan Bay BC. In 1994 she was owned by Can-Marine Services Ltd., Sechelt BC. In 1998 she was owned by Bill & Carol Staab, Tacoma WA USA
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1998-03-04
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Mike Wright (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 30/01/2018) reports that "I heard from a friend in Seattle … that the former BC tug 'Marlin II' has been sold and is now apparently in Mexico."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection;
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