Ship Details
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Registry #1	122517 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1907	Dola	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1907	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	96.3' x 21.8' x 10.9'
Builder	Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	176	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	120	Type 2
Engine	39hp triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine (1907)	Engine Manufacture	McKie & Baxter, Glasgow Scotland UK
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Vic Montgomery (1953);

 

Owner(s)

In 1907-1918 she was owned by Vancouver Tug & Barge Co.Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1919 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Ocean Services. In 1931 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Montreal QC. In 1932-1941 she was owned by Dola Towing Co. Ltd. Vancouver BC. In 1942 she was owned by B.C. Towboats Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1943 she was owned by Pacific Towing & Salvage, Victoria BC. In 1946 she was owned by Dola Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1949-1953 she was owned by Dola Tugboats Ltd., Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1953-10-29

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	She was named for the second daughter of James & Laura Dunsmuir.

 

Anecdotes

This tug towed a railway barge from Vancouver Harbour to Ladysmith or Jayem ((Nanoose Harbour). On October 29th, 1953 this vessel was sunk in the fog in Howe Sound in a collision when this vessel was hit by the Lady Cynthia, owned by the Union Steamship Co Ltd. The Lady Cynthia took the crew of nine from the tugboat as this vessel sank. The Dola was outbound for Squamish with a barge carrying Pacific Great Eastern Railway cars. The Blackbird II picked up the Dola's barge.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 1; Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo BC) Thursday October 29, 1953 page 1;
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