Ship Details

Tyee Princess

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Photo Credit: Jordan Rowand

 
 
Registry #1 391407 (Canada) Registry #2 YF.874 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# 8640363 MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1945 YF-874 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1978 Tyee Princess Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1945 Place Ambridge Area PA Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 125' x 30.7' x 10'
Builder American Bridge Co. Measurement (metric) 38.10m x 9.36m x 3.44m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 444 Type 1 Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage 302 Type 2 Freighter
Engine 2-500bhp diesel engines (1945) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds She was converted to a coastal freighter. Call Sign
Pendant  # YF.874 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1945 she was owned by USA interests. She was sold by the US Navy in 1974. In 1974-1978 she was owned by Coast Ferries Ltd. In 1979-1986 she was owned by Coastal Towing Co. Ltd. Vancouver BC. In 2004-2013 she was owned by the Maritime Heritage Society of Vancouver, Delta BC. In 2014-2018 she was owned by Mountain Towing Ltd. (Jordan Rowand), Langley BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2013-01-07
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was abandoned at Britannia Beach BC. The Administrator of the Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund takes the position that the vessel belongs to the Province of British Colombia, since the previous owners, the Maritime Heritage Society of Vancouver, has ceased to exist and the assets of the Society were transferred to the Province. On February 11, 2014, Coast Guard informed the Administrator that the vessel had been moved from Britannia Beach to Mission, British Columbia, for dismantling. In 2018 Jordan Rowan completed the dismantling process. Colin Henthorne (Email to Nauticapedia 27/12/2018) states that "The Port of Vancouver has issued a temporary work order to complete the “de-construction” of the Tyee Princess (North Arm, Fraser River)."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Morris, Rob and Leonard McCann. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press; http://sopf.gc.ca/CMFiles/reports-en/SOPF-Annual-Report-2013-2014-English.pdf; Email (J.D. Rowand - John MacFarlane 08/04/2017);
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