Ship Details

Black Fir

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Registry #1 312116 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1959 Black Fir Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1959 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer McLaren & Sons Measurement (imp) 45.7' x 17' x 7.3'
Builder Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 41 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 28 Type 2
Engine 350bhp engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Douglas Lewis (1963);
 
Owner(s)
In 1959-1963 she was owned by Texada Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1963-03-09
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On March 9, 1963 this tug, owned by Texada Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC, sank about 5 miles off Gower Point BC (near Sechelt) while running light to Blind Bay BC. Her 4-man crew escaped in a liferaft.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 3; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Thursday March 14, 1963 page 64;
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