Ship Details

Prospective

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Registry #1 130310 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1910 Prospective Name 6
Name 2 1918 Point Hope (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1910 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 62.7' x 17.3' x 8.2'
Builder Moscrop, Arthur Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 58.99 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 9.24 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 16.8hp compound steam engine (1910) Engine Manufacture John Doty Engine Works, Toronto ON
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VCRK
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1910 she was owned by Progressive Steamboat Co., Vancouver BC. In 1911 she was owned by Alfred Bissett, Vancouver BC. In 1912-1920 she was owned by The Minister of Public Works, Ottawa ON. In 1920 she was owned by Blue Band Navigation Co., Vancouver BC. In 1923 she was owned by Northern Tug & Barge Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1928-1929 she was owned by Service Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1930-1931 she was owned by Hillside Sand & Gravel Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1932 she was owned by M.R. Cliff Tugboat Co., Vancouver BC. In 1955-1958 she was owned by Marpole Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1959-1963 she was owned by Evans, Coleman & Evans Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1963 she was owned by Don Chilcott, Newport Beach CA for conversion to a yacht. In 1963 she was owned by West Coast Salvage and Contracting Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1964-1971 she was owned by Sheep Island Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1971 she was owned by Leslie A. Withey (MO), Gabriola Island (MO), and Withey's Shipyard Ltd., Gabriola Island BC. In 1971-1972 she was owned by James S. McDuff, North Vancouver BC. In 1972-1979 she was owned by Robert Jordan (MO), Vancouver BC and McDuff Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1979-03-14
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On March 7, 1979 this vessel was destroyed by fire east of Sheringham Point BC in an engine room fire.
 
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_t11867/1310?r=0&s=5 ;
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