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G. of G. 303 If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

Registry #1	188659 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

Name 1	1956	G. of G. No. 203	Name 6
Name 2	1972	G. of G. 303	Name 7
Name 3	1979c	Seaspan 330	Name 8
Name 4	1989c	Meldella	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

Year Built	1956	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

Designer	McLaren & Sons	Measurement (imp)	130.0' x 43.1' x 10.1'
Builder	Allied Shipbuilders Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	39.62m x 13.14m x 3.08m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	512.2	Type 1	Barge, chip
Registered Tonnage	512.2	Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Non-powered
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant #		Masters

Owner(s)
In 1956-1961 she was owned by the Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1967-1972 she was owned by the Gulf Tug & Barge Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973-1978 she was owned by Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1979-1987 she was owned by Seaspan International Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1988-2001 she was owned by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2003-2004 she was owned by Weyerhaeuser Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2011-2012 she was owned by T. & T. Barges Inc., Courtenay BC Canada. In 2013-2014 she was owned by T. & T. Barges Inc., Campbell River BC Canada. In 2017-2024 she was owned by B & B Barges Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada.

Owner(s)

In 1956-1961 she was owned by the Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1967-1972 she was owned by the Gulf Tug & Barge Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973-1978 she was owned by Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1979-1987 she was owned by Seaspan International Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1988-2001 she was owned by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2003-2004 she was owned by Weyerhaeuser Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2011-2012 she was owned by T. & T. Barges Inc., Courtenay BC Canada. In 2013-2014 she was owned by T. & T. Barges Inc., Campbell River BC Canada. In 2017-2024 she was owned by B & B Barges Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada.

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

Named Features
Significance of Name	The initials "G. of G. " stood for Gulf of Georgia.

Anecdotes
This vessel had a wooden box for carrying hog fuel. A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered the owner of two derelict logging barges to remove them from the province's Central Coast. The barges are disintegrating and sinking into the ocean after they drifted 300 metres south of where they were being stored, and their owners have ignored repeated orders from the provincial government to remove the barges, Justice Robin Baird wrote in the Dec. 13 judgment. Baird wrote that the barges were last in use in 2016 and 2017, one as a place for logging workers to sleep, and the other used as a floating cookhouse and dining hall. In 2018, they were towed to Donkey Cove on Klik Island near the town of Bella Bella. The barges were supposed to be stored and maintained by Ivan De Bagheera, who owned a "floating installation" in Donkey Cove. But De Bagheera had no permit for the installation, Baird wrote, and when he applied for a provincial permit, was told he was unlikely to get the permit unless the barges were removed. "Thereafter the barges somehow became detached from Mr. De Bagheera's installation and ran aground 300 metres to the south, where they remain to this day," Baird wrote in his judgment.

Anecdotes

This vessel had a wooden box for carrying hog fuel. A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered the owner of two derelict logging barges to remove them from the province's Central Coast. The barges are disintegrating and sinking into the ocean after they drifted 300 metres south of where they were being stored, and their owners have ignored repeated orders from the provincial government to remove the barges, Justice Robin Baird wrote in the Dec. 13 judgment. Baird wrote that the barges were last in use in 2016 and 2017, one as a place for logging workers to sleep, and the other used as a floating cookhouse and dining hall. In 2018, they were towed to Donkey Cove on Klik Island near the town of Bella Bella. The barges were supposed to be stored and maintained by Ivan De Bagheera, who owned a "floating installation" in Donkey Cove. But De Bagheera had no permit for the installation, Baird wrote, and when he applied for a provincial permit, was told he was unlikely to get the permit unless the barges were removed. "Thereafter the barges somehow became detached from Mr. De Bagheera's installation and ran aground 300 metres to the south, where they remain to this day," Baird wrote in his judgment.

References
McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); Canada List of Shipping; Canada List of Shipping; https://bc.ctvnews.ca/judge-orders-company-to-remove-disintegrating-logging-barges-from-b-c-coast-1.4732856?fbclid=IwAR1GnffNax6y9cag5IewyRnF85jBU-J30xLm-0UnShi8pveXao2PW9YS7zE (website viewed 17/12/2019);
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