Ship Details
Hopkins Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	130294 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1909	Hopkins	Name 6
Name 2	1926	Island Rover (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1965	Rover No. 1	Name 8
Name 4	1995	Loachraidh	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1909	Place	Hopkins Landing	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Moscrop, Arthur	Measurement (imp)	61.6' x 17.6' x 8.0'
Builder	Hopkins, G.H.	Measurement (metric)	18.8m x 5.4m x 2.4m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	61.1	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage	26.42	Type 2
Engine	14nhp engine (1909)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 120hp F-M diesel engine (1936); Repowered with a 240hp F-M diesel engine (1941);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VGRY
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Gordon S. Hopkins (1909); Captain Ellice Cavin;

 

Owner(s)

In 1909-1919 she was owned by Capt. Gordon S. Hopkins, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1920-1922 she was owned by Catherine Higman, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1925 she was owned by William E. Gardner, Victoria BC Canada. In 1926-1964 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1965-1977 she was owned by Arne Bentzen, Duncan BC Canada. In 1978-1994 she was owned by Rover Holdings Ltd., Cobble Hill BC Canada. In 1995-2005 she was owned by Tim & Rhonda Mitchell, Cowichan Bay BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2005-09-01

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

Leonard Trump reports that "I was first mate on the Rover (from1966 to 1971) under the ownership of Arne Bentzen from Maple Bay Marina and later for a few years at Gabriolla Island Marina. From home base at Maple Bay Marina, we did many marine rescue operations and towed a fleet of 6 meter sail boats to a regatta in Port Townsend in 1967. Arne sold the Rover to a chap in Ladysmith probably named Rover Holdings.The Rover sank due to neglect in Ladysmith some time later and was hauled to Nanaimo shipyards and dismantled." Mike Wright reports (24/12/2015 British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group) that "this vessel sank...finally..in Genoa Bay. I attended the scene at the request of Victoria RCC. A fellow bought her from the guy in Ladysmith, (who incidentally let her rot away...and ran her aground twice in the same day....off Round Island). This vessel was raised in Genoa Bay...towed to Nanaimo by Saltair Marine...and torn up. I believe that her wheelhouse survives...somewhere.... This vessel was a mighty good looking tug when Island Tug had her in the 1960s."

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Leonard Trump - Nauticapedia 16/04/2015);
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