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Registry #1	150981 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1922	Kanaka (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1941	Sea Mite	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1922	Place	Nanaimo	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	34.2' x 9.1' x 4.2'
Builder	Vollmers, Henry	Measurement (metric)	10.42m x 2.77m x 1.28m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	8.17	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	5.56	Type 2
Engine	3hp engine (1922);	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 100hp diesel engine (1943);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1922-1928 she was owned by Western Fuel Corp. of Canada Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929-1938 she was owned by Gordon E. Mallory, Crofton BC Canada. In 1939 she was owned by James R. Scott, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940 she was owned by Edgar Keech, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1943-1956 she was owned by Paul Raake Boat Services Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1956-1962 she was owned by Pioneer Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1963 she was owned by Hugh A. Leigh, Campbell River BC Canada. In 1966 she was owned by Leigh Marine Services Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1969 she was owned by Drew Harbour Towing Ltd., Campbell River BC Canada. In 1971 she was owned by Richard J. Greenland, Coquitlam BC Canada. In 1972-2012 she was owned by Charles A. Bryant, Quathiaski Cove BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2012-11-22

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In August 1942 with a hog fuel barge in tow from Dollarton BC this vessel was bound for Powell River and struck a bridge pier in the Second Narrows Bridge. In 1956 this vessel foundered off Spanish Banks, Vancouver BC.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping
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