Ship Details

North Arm Guardian

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Photo Credit: Gino Stradiotti

 
 
Registry #1 174071 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 La Garde (II) Name 6
Name 2 1970 V.T. No. 505 Name 7
Name 3 1970 North Arm Guardian Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Marpole Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Tom Halliday Measurement (imp) 81.7' x 21.5' x 11.1'
Builder Askew and Sinclair Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull (nk) Displacement
Gross Tonnage 128.29 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 19.04 Type 2
Engine 13nhp engine (1942); Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 295hp diesel Washington Ironworks, Seattle WA USA engine (1953); Repowered with a 515bhp engine (1956); Repowered with a800bhp CAT diesel engine (1971); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VDMR
Pendant  # V144B Masters Captain Kenneth Brewster (1971);
 
Owner(s)
In 1942-1958 she was owned by Vancouver Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1958 she was owned by Vancouver Tug & Barge Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1958 she was owned by the Vancouver Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1970-1971 she was owned by North Arm Transportation Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1971-05-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On April 4, 1971 this tug, owned by North Arm Transportation Ltd., Vancouver BC, caught fire and burned for 9 hours before finally sinking at Heath Point on Hope Island near Bull Harbour BC and declared as a total loss. The five-man crew was saved by the Bull Harbour Lifeboat and other fishboats.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11930/912?r=0&s=4 ; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday April 5, 1971 page 29; Email (Gino Stradiotti-John MacFarlane 09/10/2020);
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