Ship Details

Bering Straits (I)

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Photo Credit: Unknown

 
 
Registry #1 190804 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1950 Bering Straits (I) Name 6
Name 2 1951 Emerald Straits Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1950 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer McLaren & Sons Measurement (imp) 51.4' x 16.2' x 9.0'
Builder Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 46 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 6 Type 2 Fishboat, general
Engine 600hp engine (1950) Engine Manufacture Cooper-Bessemer Corp., Barber NJ
Repower In 1951 she was repowered with a Caterpillar D397 diesel engine at Allied Builders Ltd. She was repowered with a 765hp engine. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was converted to a dragger fishboat 1991-1992 Call Sign CY2194
Pendant  # Masters Captain Bill Rapitla (1969);
 
Owner(s)
In 19549-1951 she was owned by Straits Towing & Salvage Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1951-1977 she was owned by Straits Towing Limited, Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1970-01-02
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was the first steel tug built by Allied Shipbuilders. On April 18, 1969 this vessel sank and was later raised at Howe Sound, BC. Three men were lost, one was washed overboard and swam to shore.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); Canada List of Shipping; Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11929/383?r=0&s=4 ;
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