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Rivtow Norseman

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Registry #1 330598 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1968 Rivtow Norseman Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1968 Place Esquimalt Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 400.0' x 84.1' x 26.5'
Builder Yarrows Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7843.49 Type 1 Barge, self-loading/self-dumping
Registered Tonnage 7843.42 Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Non-powered
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1968-1980 she was owned by Rivtow Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1980-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Bill Carey states (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 08/10/2016) that "There was about a 10 year gap between the Rivtow Norseman loss and the Rivtow Hercules build. The Rivtow Norseman was built for dedicated M & B contract hauling logs from Kitimat to Port Alberni." In 1969 this vesselhit Hazard Rock off Klemtu while under tow of Rivtow Lion (dumped load and returned to Vancouver for repair of bottom damage.) On October 21,1971 under tow of Rivtow Viking, the tug towline broke in a storm and the Rivtow Norseman went ashore on Cox Island BC. and broke up. this vessel was a total loss.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 2; 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_t11930/1089?r=0&s=4 ; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11928/815?r=0&s=4 ;
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