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Tornado (I) If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Registry #1	319341 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	90133

 

Name 1	1962	Tornado (I)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1962	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	31.0' x 9.4' x 2.6'
Builder	Wicks Brothers Boatyard Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	9.45m x 2.87m x 0.79m
Hull	Glass Reinforced Plastic	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7.79	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	5.3	Type 2	Fishboat, general
Engine	650bhp gasoline engine (1962)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain John Stad (1965);

 

Owner(s)

In 1962-1967 she was owned by Mogens Johnstad-Moeller, North Vancouver BC. In 1970-1977 she was owned by T. & T. Engineering Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1978-1990 she was owned by R.S. Edwards Properties Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1991-1993 she was owned by Sutil Lumber Co. Ltd., Campbell River BC. In 1994-2012 she was owned by Glen A. Isenor, Courtenay BC. In 2013-2015 she was owned by Donald Palmerley, Campbell River BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2015-09-29

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

On November 28, 1965 this tug owned by Mogens Johnstad-Moeller, North Vancouver BC capsized while towing a barge and sank at Second Narrows, Burrard Inlet BC. Caught in a rip current half a mile from Second Narrows this vesselcapsized while towing a barge this vesseldeveloped engine trouble. Radioing for help the tug Service two arrived to assist by pushing on the barge. Suddenly the barge started to veer off-course, so the Service II backed off when the Tornado capsized and sank. Captain John Stad was trapped in an air lock in the engine room. He managed to break a window and swim to the surface. Crew member John A. Boyle perished in the incident. The tug was later salvaged and repaired at McKenzie Shipyards.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, F. (1992); Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday November 29, 1965 page 27;
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