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Registry #1 150998 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1923 Radius Name 6
Name 2 1928 Canadian National No. 3 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1923 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 53.5' x 14.6' x 6.7'
Builder Dawe Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 32.82 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 0 Type 2
Engine 125bhp engine (1923) Engine Manufacture Atlas-Imperial Engine Co., Oakland CA USA
Repower 125hp diesel engine Atlas Imperial Engine Works, Oakland CA (1949c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1927 she was assembled at Kelowna BC by Vancouver Drydock and Salvage Co. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain W. Best (1923)
 
Owner(s)
In 1923-1924 she was owned by Captain John A. Cates Tug & Wharfage Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1924-1927 she was owned by Captain J.A. Cates Tug & Wharfage Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1927 she was owned by Ernest Frank Cribb, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1927-1928 she was owned by Dominion Tug & Barge Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1928 she was owned by John Y. Rochester, (agent for the Canadian National Railway Company), Montreal QC Canada. In 1928-1941 she was owned by Canadian National Railway, Montreal QC Canada. In 1941-1953 she was owned by McKean & Wilson Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1953-02-02
 
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Anecdotes
On August 26, 1925 this vessel was rammed by the Anyox while towing a gravel scow during a severe rain storm and sunk off Prospect Point. This vessel was raised and taken to Beach Avenue Shipyards for repair. In 1927 this vessel was re-assembled at Kelowna BC by Vancouver Drydock and Salvage Co. In 1953 her register was cancelled on the advice of the owner who reported that this vessel was beached and broken up at Vancouver BC in July 1941.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document);
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