Ship Details
Masset Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	141173 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1918	Masset	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1918	Place	New Westminster	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	115.1' x 23.5' x 12.5'
Builder	Westminster Marine Railway Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	245	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	91	Type 2	Houseboat
Engine	56rhp 4-cylinder engine (1931c);	Engine Manufacture	Hinckley, Spiers & Hayes, San Francisco CA USA.
Repower	300hp engine (1946); Non-powered (1964);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1948 her engine was converted from coasl to oil. Her engine was removed 235gt 33rt. In 1964 she was converted to a houseboat 244gt 244rt.	Call Sign	VGMZ
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Albert Pearson; Captain Charlie Rystad;

 

Owner(s)

In 1918 she was owned by the Imperial Munitions Board, Ottawa ON. In 1919-1923 she was owned by West Coast Towing & Salvage Co., Vancouver BC. In 1924 she was owned by International Towing (subsidiary of Gilkey Bros., Anacortes WA) and managed by Dominion Towing. In 1927-1931 she was owned by Dominion Tug & Barge Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1939-1945 she was owned by Hendry-Cliff Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1946-1949 she was owned by M.R. Cliff & B.C. Mills Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1950-1959 she was owned by M.R. Cliff Tugboat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1959 she was owned by Oceanic Logging Co., In 1970-1980 as a house boat she was owned by Lagoon Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1984-1997 as a house boat she was owned by Rivtow Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1997-09-16

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was powered by machinery which came from the dismantled tug Czar. this vessel was primarily involved in towing Davis rafts of spruce logs. In 1964 this vessel sank and was raised. In 1979 this vessel was non-powered.

 

References
Newell, G. (1977); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection;
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