Ship Details
Joyful (I) Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	130499 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1912	Joyful (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1949	Westminster Monarch	Name 7
Name 3	1962	Monarch II	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1912	Place	New Westminster	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	49.0' x 14.0' x 5.1'
Builder	Westminster Marine Railway Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	30.14	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	1.86	Type 2
Engine	8hp steam engine (1912);	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 120bhp engine (1948); Repowered with a 400bhp engine (1961c); Repowered with a 360hp engine (1967c); Repowered with a 365bhp diesel engine (2004c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1949 she was rebuilt at New Westminster BC 53.2' x 14.6' x 6.1' (16.22m x 4.45m x 1.86m)	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Charles Morden;

 

Owner(s)

In 1912-1947 she was owned by Canadian Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1948-1958 she was owned by Westminster Charterers Ltd., New Westminster BC. In 1961 she was owned by Westminster Tugboats Ltd., New Westminster BC. In 1962 she was owned by Bridge Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1967 she was owned by Seaway Towing Ltd., Campbell River BC. In 1970 she was owned by Egmont Towing & Sorting Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1972-1984 she was owned by Monarch Towing Ltd., North Vancouver BC. In 1985-1989 she was owned by Arthur Noble, North Vancouver BC. In 1990 she was owned by 374107 B.C. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1992 she was owned by Ken Harvey Fox, Cowichan Bay BC. In 1995-2014 she was owned Robert A. Boucher, Hagensborg BC. In 2015-2023 she was owned by Robert Helenius, Williams Lake BC.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2023	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
At Christmas 1936 this tug sank in a storm near Comox BC Canada. On December 29, 1936 this vessel was raised by the Skookum 2.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Vancouver Sun Tuesday December 29, 1936;
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