Ship Details

Moresby (I)

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Registry #1 141171 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1918 Moresby (I) 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) 114.7' x 23.6' x 12.4'
Builder Westminster Marine Railway Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 243 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 98 Type 2
Engine 58rhp Triple cylinder engine (1918) Engine Manufacture CD Holmes & Co. Ltd., Hull UK
Repower Repowered with a 400hp engine (1949c); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was rebuilt 215t. Call Sign VGMY
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1918 she was owned by the Imperial Munitions Board, Ottawa ON. In 1919 she was owned by West Coast Towing & Salvage Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1924 she was owned by International Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1929-1938 she was owned by Dominion Tug & Barge Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1939-1944 she was owned by Hendry-Cliff Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1947 she was owned by M.R. Cliff & B.C. Mills Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1949 she was owned by M.R. Cliff & B.C. Mills Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1958-1961 she was owned by M.R. Cliff Tugboat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1962-1963 she was owned by Perry Hilton, Burnaby BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was abandoned in Green Bay on Nelson Island BC.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection;
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