Ship Details

Our Best

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Registry #1 158900 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1936 Our Best Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1936 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 33,7' x 12.2' x 5.9'
Builder Fenner & Hood Shipyards, Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 14.78 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 10.05 Type 2
Engine 160bhp diesel engine (1936) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower Repowered with a 240hp engine (1954) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1954 she was rebuilt at Vancouver BC. 36.9' x 12' x 6.1' Call Sign
Pendant  # V044B Masters Captain Dave MacDonald (1963);
 
Owner(s)
In 1936-1937 she was owned by William M. Baird, Port Moody BC. In 1955-1964 she was owned by Baird's Tug Boats Ltd., Port Moody BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1964-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On August 8, 1964 this tug was towing a cement barge when the fishboat Trim II hit the towline. The fishboat owner, Al Craig and Bert Blair a crew member were killed in the incident. A man and a woman were saved. The fishboat rolled under the barge but emerged afloat although the cabin was smashed. The Our Best's Mate, Doug Singlehurst dived into the water to rescue the victims and the two survivors were picked up by a Vancouver Police boat. On December 19, 1963 this tug, under command of Captain David McDonald, burned and sank off Whytecliff BC with the loss of the Mate, Edward Rhodes. The skipper was forced into the water and was clinging to the bow when rescuers arrived.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; Rogers, Fred (1973) Shipwrecks of British Columbia. Douglas & McIntyre Vancouver BC; 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_t11896/378?r=0&s=5 ; The Province (Vancouver BC) Saturday December 21, 1963 page 2; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Friday August 9, 1964 page 2;
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