| Tugfax states that "The tug Orion Expeditor, was towing a smaller tug, named Gordon Gill which broke its tow line and went missing off Alaska October 26, 1986. The tug Gordon Gill eventually was found March 26, 1987 about 125 miles from where it broke tow off Dutch Harbor. Declared a constructive total loss, it was salvaged and rebuilt for Atlantic Towing and ended up on the east coast after all. Renamed Atlantic Alder in 1997 it was sold in 2001 to the Hudson Bay Port Company of Churchill, MB where it was renamed Mantaywi-Sepe. It was built in 1982 in Hay River NT and is a twin screw tug of 1600 bhp. this vessel was later based at the Port of Churchill, MB." Daniel Riley (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 11/02/2018) states that "I worked on that very tug in 1985, It was being towed by m/v Orion when it broke loose on its towline . We were a day behind on the m/v Fort Good Hope and told to go on a salvage expedition. A flight the next day did not locate the Gordon Gill and we were rerouted to Vancouver. The Gordon Gill was located months later, in a bay off the Aleutians , anchored by the existing towline. I worked on the vessel and was close to being on a salvage excursion for the Gordon Gill." |
