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Wee Giant (I)

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Registry #1 152810 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1925 Wee Giant (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1925 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 27.4' x 8.4' x 4.4'
Builder Benson, Albert C. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 5 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 3.39 Type 2
Engine 2hp engine (1925) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1925 she was owned by Mrs. Emily F. Dolmage, Vancouver BC. In 1931-1935 she was owned by Wilfred G. Dolmage, Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1935-09-20
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On September 20, 1935 this tug owned by Wilfred G. Dolmage, Vancouver BC, burned at Green Point on Harrison Lake BC. The crew beached the tug near the Green Point Logging Camp where the fire burned itself out.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada Registry of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Chilliwack Progress (Chilliwack BC) Thursday September 26, 1935 Page 4;
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