Ship Details

Island Titan

Vessel image

Photo Credit: Cliff Craig

 
 
Registry #1 134031 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1913 Transfer No. 4 (I) Name 6
Name 2 1949 Island Titan Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1913 Place Esquimalt Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 130.6' x 42.1' x 12.0'
Builder Esquimalt Marine Railway Co. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 583 Type 1 Barge, rail car
Registered Tonnage 583 Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Non-powered
Rebuilds In 1949 she was rebuilt at Esquimalt BC. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1913-1948 she was owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Montreal QC Canada. In 1949-1973 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1974-1991 she was owned by Inlet Salvage & Dredging Ltd., Coquitlam BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1991-08-23
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Cliff Craig reports that "I operated the Island Titan and tugboat salvaging and dredging for over six years. The Island Titan went mysteriously missing the September long weekend of 1978, never to be seen again by my eyes. This vessel was tied alongside Valley Towing’s Packmore 5000 barge I had been loading with 140 foot cedar poles, waiting to load out another 60 from the sorting grounds. I had just signed a contract to do more work in the coming weeks. The Tuesday after the long weekend in September I came back to work where the Island Titan should have been still tied up, but her four 2 inch tie–up lines were stretched taut and shredded. This vessel had simply disappeared with no trace. The mystery of her fate is unsolved to this day. If any reader can shed light on the solution to this mystery I would really like to hear it."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://www.nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Island_Titan.php;
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