Ship Details
Granby Photo Credit: Rolf Leben

 

Registry #1	153405 (Canada)	Registry #2	1101321 (US)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1927	Granby	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1927	Place	Prince Rupert	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	74.7' x 17.0' x 9.3'
Builder	Prince Rupert Dry Dock Co.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	78	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	37	Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	6hp steam engine (1927) (No. 7079)	Engine Manufacture	Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower	Repowered with a 120hp engine (1949c); Repowered with a 280hp engine (1957c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VXVQ
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain B.O. Perrie; Captain Walter George Johnstone (1932 -1938);

 

Owner(s)

In 1927-1936 she was owned by The Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co. In 1938-1942 she was owned by Maritime Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946-1961 she was owned by Quatsino Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962 she was owned by Montreal Trust Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1970 she was owned by Blackmore Marine Services Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1975-1979 she was owned by The Fiddle-In Holdings Ltd., Tofino BC Canada. In 1980-2000 she was owned by Granby Charters Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. (She was sold to US owners.) In 2023 the United States Coast Guard lists her as "inactive".

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2000-06-26

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

Rolf Leben (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 07/02/2018) states that "I owned Granby from 1982 to 2000 and it served me well. An American bought it from me, then another one after that, who in turn had it sink on him in the Columbia River, Washington. He could not afford to pay the imposed salvage and it was towed to the Oregon side about 40 miles from Portland. I found her there at the end of 2015, photographed her final quivers and this vessel is now on her bottom on the bottom. Can't get any lower than that. Very sad! Anyone interested in her history can read my obituary on her in the Western Mariner, Jan. issue, 2016. My family came from Sweden to Quatsino, BC. 1957 and our neighbor was Capt.Bertram Perrie, just retired off the Granby." Mary Lou Lancaster stated "The Granby was a big part of our family history, so thought you might like to have some additional information that I have. I was saddened to hear of her fate in Washington. This vessel was a grand old lady. The information I have to add is: My grandfather, Capt. Walter George Johnstone was the the company master mariner of the Granby and other tugs and working boats in Anyox from 1932 -1938. My father went on the Granby with him to Vancouver each summer, returning with the company owners. "

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Mary Lou Lancaster (nee Johnstone) - Nauticapedia 25/05/2020); Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023); https://cgmix.uscg.mil/psix/psixsearch.aspx (website viewed 01/12/2023);
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