Ship Details

Restless (I)

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Registry #1 117159 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1906 Restless (I) Name 6
Name 2 1908c Restless (C.G.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1914 Restless (H.M.C.S.) Name 8
Name 4 1920 Restless (I) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1906 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 71.0' x 17.0' x 7.0'
Builder (nk) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 67 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 14 Type 2
Engine 16nhp steam engine (coal fired) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain George A. MacFarlane (1927); Captain McPhee (1930)
 
Owner(s)
In 1906 she was owned by Westminster Towing and Fishing Co., New Westminster BC. In 1908 she was sold for fishery patrol to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa ON as CGS Restless. In 1914 she was taken over by the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned as H.M.C.S. Restless. In 1918 she served as training ship at the Royal Naval College of Canada Esquimalt BC. In 1919 she was owned by The Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa ON. In 1920 she was donated to the Navy League of Canada as a training ship. She served as a tender to the Canadian Hydrographic Service serving from 1920-23. In 1927-1937 she was sold to MacFarlane Brothers Ltd., Victoria BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1933-01-07
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Restless Rock is a pinnacle with a depth of two fathoms (2m). It is covered with kelp and is about half a mile NE of Noon Pont in Return Channel near Seaforth Channel.
 
Anecdotes
In 1908 this vessel was converted to a naval tug for hydrographic studies. In 1927 her funnel was painted green with a white band and green shamrock as the livery of the MacFarlane Brothers Ltd. On January 7, 1933, while under command of Captain McPhee, this vessel was destroyed by fire at James Island wharf in Saanichton Bay BC, the engine and propeller later salvaged and sold. Until 1952 the ship was mistakenly listed in the Canada Register of Shipping.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Personal Converasation (Douglas MacFarlane - John MacFarlane) Sooke BC 04/09/1989; Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981); Canada Register of Shipping; John D.S. Henderson (Personal Communication 14/10/1999); Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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