Ship Details
Squamish Yarder Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	194912 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1952	Victory IX (II)	Name 6
Name 2	1971	Squamish Yarder	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1952	Place	New Westminster	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	21.4' x 10.0' x 3.5'
Builder	Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	6.5m x 3m x 1.1m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	3.63	Type 1	Tug, salvage
Registered Tonnage	2.47	Type 2
Engine	165bhp engine (1952)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 150bhp gas engine (1958)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1952-1971 she was owned by Stone Brothers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1971 she was owned by Squamish Tugboat Co. Ltd., Garibaldi Highlands BC Canada. In 1974-2007 she was owned by Cross Forest Products Ltd., Hornby Island BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2007-03-12

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On June 27, 1976 this vessel was destroyed by fire north of Hornby Island, Georgia Strait BC.

 

References
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);
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