Ship Details

Skooter

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Registry #1 188293 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1955 Skooter Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1955 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 33.1' x 10.6' x 4.4'
Builder Harbour Boat Builders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 9.78 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 6.65 Type 2
Engine 220bhp diesel engine (1955) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Willie E. Thuveson (1967);
 
Owner(s)
In 1955-1965 she was owned by Erling Storness (MO), North Burnaby BC and Stanley Storness-Kress, Vancouver BC. In 1965 she was owned by Stanley Storness-Kress, Vancouver BC. In 1965-1967 she was owned by Captain Willie E. Thuveson (MO), Burnaby BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1967-12-13
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On September 25, 1967 this tug, owned by Captain Willie E. Thuveson (MO), Burnaby BC, burned and sank in Gunderson Slough, North Surrey BC and was a total loss.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; 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_t11925/1490?r=0&s=4 ; The Province (Vancouver BC) Tuesday September 26, 1967 page 2;
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