Ship Details
Elsie (II) Photo Credit: Ross Holkestad

 

Registry #1	117012 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1905	Elsie (II)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1905	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	50.2' x 12.0' x 4.4'
Builder	Wallace Shipyards Ltd. (False Creek), Vancouver BC	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	33	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	22	Type 2
Engine	1nhp steam reciprocating engine (1905)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas-Copco engine
Repower	220hp engine (1961c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1908 she was rebuilt to 53.4' x 12.3'x 5.5'. In 1948 she was rebuilt to 28gt 19rt	Call Sign	VYFN
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Angus McLeod (1964);

 

Owner(s)

In 1905-1910 she was owned by James W. Hackett, Vancouver BC. In 1913-1914 she was owned by Vancouver Timber & Trading Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1916 she was owned by the Minister of Lands for British Columbia, Victoria BC. In 1919 she was owned by J.W. Jamieson & C.F. Janson, Vancouver BC. In 1921-1938 she was owned by James W. Jamieson, Vancouver BC. In 1939 she was owned by Francis J. Beale, Van Anda BC. In 1941 she was owned by Beale Quarries. In 1943 she was owned by John E. Hazard, Nanaimo BC. In 1944 she was owned by Valdez Lumber Co. Ltd., Nanaimo BC. In 1947-1955 she was owned by Arthur Sereth (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1956-1964 she was owned by Elsie Towing Service Ltd., Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1964-08-23

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On August 23, 1964 this vessel foundered and sank so suddenly in Queen Charlotte Channel, Howe Sound BC, that the skipper and two crew members were forced to don lifejackets and jump into the water. They were rescued by passing speedboats.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, Fred (1973) Shipwrecks of British Columbia. Douglas & McIntyre Vancouver BC; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Province (Vancouver BC) Monday August 24, 1964 page 2;
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